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People get paid to donate blood?

by AkshatJ27 4y ago

otachack 4y ago
I believe you can get paid for donating your plasma components.
KyleSanderson 4y ago
In the US, yes.
guynamedloren 4y ago
Not paid to donate blood, as far as I know, but plasma. I did this a handful of times in college for extra cash.
- doliveira 4y ago
  They still pierce you to remove blood and you get paid for it, don't you? I don't think "it's just the plasma" makes much of a difference.
  - asib 4y ago
    It does with respect to how frequently you're able to donate. In the UK, blood donation can be no more frequent than once every 12 weeks (for men). Plasma can be donated up to once every 2 weeks.
  - PeterisP 4y ago
    They pierce you to remove blood and put it back. You get to keep all the non-plasma components - blood cells, etc.
    - doliveira 4y ago
      So...? The ethical (political? social? moral?) component seems the same to me.
Inversechi 4y ago
Germany does.
- mschuster91 4y ago
  What, where? Most of blood donations are made through the Red Cross, they don't give people anything.
  - wongarsu 4y ago
    If you wait for the next blood donation to be advertised for you, it will be from the Red Cross or similar and you get a free sandwich or something to that effect. If you actively search for options to donate, chances are it will be at the local hospital that will pay you around 20€ for it and offer much more frequent options.
- hnbad 4y ago
  Germany doesn't. There are some for-profit options for donating blood in Germany but the most widely know way to give blood is with the German Red Cross, which does not pay donors unless you consider a small meal or the occasional swag (e.g. squishy balls) "payment". As I understand it, some hospitals offer payment for blood donations but if you want to get paid the most reliable options are probably pharmaceutical companies. By number of donors, both are probably eclipsed by the Red Cross though, which by its nature heavily relies on volunteer work.
  - cyxxon 4y ago
    As a German, I now several people here who donate blood and get paid money for it (e.g. here https://www.blutspendedienst-owl.de/blutspende.html https://www.blutspendedienst-owl.de/blutspende.html), but more people do indeed donate plasma since they get more money per session and can donate more often (e.g. here: https://www.cslplasma.de/faqs https://www.cslplasma.de/faqs but I don't see their monetary rewards on the page anywhere).
  - Dunedan 4y ago
    Somebody on Reddit recently did collect what one gets for donating blood in different areas of Germany: https://www.reddit.com/r/de/comments/xoqyay/aufwandsentsch%C3%A4digung_f%C3%BCrs_blutspenden/ https://www.reddit.com/r/de/comments/xoqyay/aufwandsentsch%C... What you can see from that is that a "Aufwandsentschädigung" of ~20€ is pretty common.
doliveira 4y ago
Yeah, sounds to me like one of those cases where it's best to have a social reward rather than a financial one.

People get paid to donate blood?

otachack 4y ago

I believe you can get paid for donating your plasma components.

KyleSanderson 4y ago

In the US, yes.

guynamedloren 4y ago

Not paid to donate blood, as far as I know, but plasma. I did this a handful of times in college for extra cash.

doliveira 4y ago
They still pierce you to remove blood and you get paid for it, don't you? I don't think "it's just the plasma" makes much of a difference.
- asib 4y ago
  It does with respect to how frequently you're able to donate. In the UK, blood donation can be no more frequent than once every 12 weeks (for men). Plasma can be donated up to once every 2 weeks.
- PeterisP 4y ago
  They pierce you to remove blood and put it back. You get to keep all the non-plasma components - blood cells, etc.
  - doliveira 4y ago
    So...? The ethical (political? social? moral?) component seems the same to me.

Inversechi 4y ago

Germany does.

mschuster91 4y ago
What, where? Most of blood donations are made through the Red Cross, they don't give people anything.
- wongarsu 4y ago
  If you wait for the next blood donation to be advertised for you, it will be from the Red Cross or similar and you get a free sandwich or something to that effect. If you actively search for options to donate, chances are it will be at the local hospital that will pay you around 20€ for it and offer much more frequent options.
hnbad 4y ago
Germany doesn't. There are some for-profit options for donating blood in Germany but the most widely know way to give blood is with the German Red Cross, which does not pay donors unless you consider a small meal or the occasional swag (e.g. squishy balls) "payment". As I understand it, some hospitals offer payment for blood donations but if you want to get paid the most reliable options are probably pharmaceutical companies. By number of donors, both are probably eclipsed by the Red Cross though, which by its nature heavily relies on volunteer work.
- cyxxon 4y ago
  As a German, I now several people here who donate blood and get paid money for it (e.g. here https://www.blutspendedienst-owl.de/blutspende.html https://www.blutspendedienst-owl.de/blutspende.html), but more people do indeed donate plasma since they get more money per session and can donate more often (e.g. here: https://www.cslplasma.de/faqs https://www.cslplasma.de/faqs but I don't see their monetary rewards on the page anywhere).
- Dunedan 4y ago
  Somebody on Reddit recently did collect what one gets for donating blood in different areas of Germany: https://www.reddit.com/r/de/comments/xoqyay/aufwandsentsch%C3%A4digung_f%C3%BCrs_blutspenden/ https://www.reddit.com/r/de/comments/xoqyay/aufwandsentsch%C... What you can see from that is that a "Aufwandsentschädigung" of ~20€ is pretty common.

doliveira 4y ago

Yeah, sounds to me like one of those cases where it's best to have a social reward rather than a financial one.