The man with the golden blood

Post by antimagic » Wed, Oct 22, 2014, 4:27 PM UTC

ceejayoz wrote: post #23

function_seven wrote: post #21

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> If he donates a unit for himself, he has to permit it to be used by anyone else who might need it. That sentence could have been worded better. This is the way I read it: If he donates a unit for himself, he must allow it to be used by anyone else who might need it.

I read it as him having a separate personal bank of blood units, that are reserved for his use unless he gives them permission to take from it.

Post by dandelany » Wed, Oct 22, 2014, 4:30 PM UTC

davegardner wrote: post #24

TheBeardKing wrote: post #12

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I would think they could just screen frequent donors with rare blood types for infections. Once the donor is known safe, compensate however is needed to get their blood. I believe there are private industries doing this. This one will be opening soon in my town, though I guess just for plasma: http://www.biolifeplasma.com/become-donor/compensation.html

I'm a regular whole blood and plasma donor and I'm quite sure that I'd be much less likely to donate if I was being paid for it. I'm not really sure exactly why I feel that way, but I guess that if you put a dollar value on it I'd be calculating whether it really was worth my time. Right now, because there is no compensation (aside from a muffin and a cup of tea afterwards), I get the emotional benefits of having per…

Post by wffurr » Wed, Oct 22, 2014, 4:35 PM UTC

MrJagil wrote: post #22

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Post by psykovsky » Wed, Oct 22, 2014, 4:43 PM UTC

Osmium wrote: post #29

davegardner wrote: post #24

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I'm a regular whole blood and plasma donor and I'm quite sure that I'd be much less likely to donate if I was being paid for it. I'm not really sure exactly why I feel that way, but I guess that if you put a dollar value on it I'd be calculating whether it really was worth my time. Right now, because there is no compensation (aside from a muffin and a cup of tea afterwards), I get the emotional benefits of having per…

Two other possibilities: * In the private health-care world, if you're getting paid, you might feel like someone else is profiting off your blood (how else could they pay you?) or * In the public health-care world, if you're getting paid you might feel like money is being ill-spent when it could/should be used to better pay healthcare workers etc. since people are typically willing to donate blood for free.

Post by masklinn » Wed, Oct 22, 2014, 4:57 PM UTC

yourapostasy wrote: post #35

masklinn wrote: post #20

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> It's possibly slightly unfair that he's not allowed his own 'stash' He is allowed his own stash. > it can only be stored for 42 days Fresh blood can be kept 42 days at 4C, blood can also be frozen and kept for decades (at -80C) or more (virtually indefinitely at -196C) but thawed blood must be used within 48h .

I am not aware of whole blood cryostorage for use in transfusions after thawing from -196° C, can you please point me to the literature on this? What I could find via Google searching referred to specimen cryopreservation at this liquid nitrogen-low temperature, and retrieval for future analysis and umbilical cord/placental banking for stem cell retrieval, but not for whole blood banking.