If you donate blood, and they find something wrong with it, do they contact you right away? My uncle needs blood just thought maybe his family could donate for him.
2007-03-15 02:27:42 · 4 answers · asked by Jack J 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
I donate blood and I have to do a survey about my heath & recent activities (eg. overseas trips) so that they know my blood is, in a way, safe.
If you have something wrong with your blood (diseases or AIDS or whatever), you'd have to indicate it on the health survey form.
If you don't know about your blood being "safe", they do conduct checks on the blood before they supply it to their patients, or at least that's how I understand the system works where I live.
Unfortunately, I don't knowif they contact people should their blood be unsuitable, but I would imagine they should, so as to prevent the person from wasting his time and energy in donating more blood in the future.
You should call your local hospital to find out about their procedures with regards to blood donation.
I hope this helps & I think it's great that you want to help others by donating blood. =)
2007-03-15 02:41:43 · answer #1 · answered by acidten 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know it takes a few days. Never had any problems myself. When I had surgery I donated my own blood beforehand. I had 3 transfusions after the surgery.
2007-03-15 10:13:26 · answer #2 · answered by TropyWife 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, you should contact the blood donation people and see what their methods are.
2007-03-15 09:32:20 · answer #3 · answered by kayelle_mickelle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you will get a letter in the mail if there is something wrong with your blood, if you don't get a letter then it was ok
2007-03-15 09:32:15 · answer #4 · answered by Krystal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋