Blood Donation

A blood donation is when a healthy person voluntarily has blood drawn. It may be further used to save many lives through transfusions.

Most blood donors are unpaid volunteers who give blood for a community supply as an act of charity.  Donors are evaluated for the potentiality of donation.  The Evaluation includes screening for diseases that can be transmitted by a blood transfusion.

The amount of blood drawn and the methods vary but a typical donation is 500 milliliters of whole blood.

There are different kinds of donations like direct donations where a donor donates blood for transfusion to a specific individual, indirect donations where a donor donates blood for transfusion to an unknown recipient and donations where a donor uses the blood transfused back to the donate at a later date.

Note:   The above info is indicative in nature and the information is not complete. Specially trained technical staffs are available at each blood collection center and any further health queries can be answered.