Categories of Blood Donors

They roughly fall into following 5 categories

VOLUNTARY UNPAID DONORS

Voluntary Unpaid Blood Donors are persons who give blood, plasma or other blood components of their own free will and in return do not ask for blood or receive payment for it, either in form of cash or in kind which could be considered a substitute for money, including time off work other than reasonably needed for the donation and travel.


REPLACEMENT DONORS

Replacement Blood Donor is a member of the family or a friend of the patient who donates blood in replacement of blood needed for the particular patient without involvement of any monetary or other benefits from any source.

AUTOLOGOUS DONORS

Autologous Donors are people with rare blood groups or specific illnesses who donate their own blood for their own use.


PHARESIS DONORS

In this type of blood donation, donor only donates components of blood.


PAID DONORS

Donors who receive payments for their blood. They are unsafe donors and their blood may contain viruses.

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