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    BioLife Plasma Services

    2.3 (33 reviews)
    Open 6:00 am - 8:00 pm

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    Melissa A.

    Plan on your first time stay about 3 hours. You check in, then ask you to sit and wait, then they call you up and ask you your basic questions, have a current ID and a bill to show proof of address. Then they ask you more questions. Then you sit and wait for nurse. Nurse will take you to the back for your physical. She asked me to get on the exam table, which is high for me because I'm short. No stool, no help. They want to see if you can get up there. They cannot help you. Lol, I know I looked hilarious trying to get up there. Oh and remember to have your promo code if you have one. Fortunately the nurse helped me, because I had no idea I needed one and I didn't see it, but I knew about it. The nurse will give you an envelope that has your debit card and instructions. Don't lose the instructions, believe me you will need them. Then when you're done there, you stand in a line with about 10 people in front of you. The medical staff will call you up where they get your weight, blood pressure, heart rate, temperature and check your iron. If you blood pressure, heart rate are abnormal they will allow you to sit and wait for 7-15 min and try it again, like I did. Then they will call you back and make sure you give them a different arm. They always ask you what arm and what finger you want to be pricked. My heart rate was 115, then went down to 101, failed, you get sent home. You could back the next day as a "walk in". Whoa, you mean if you have an appt you have to wait, can you imagine a walk in? Anyway, the trick, don't drink coffee the day of your appt, this will inhibit your iron from being absorbed, thick will cause your iron to be low. When they do your blood pressure make sure your feet are on the foot rest and not dangling, and sit back and relax, otherwise, it will cause your BP or heart to be high. Take a blanket, because it's cold, not a jacket because you're gonna have to take it out anyway when they test you and stick you. Take your own hand squeezer thing, you will need it, they will give you a card with the color of where you need to go. Find an empty bed and just lay down, there's a pillow thing for your arm, put it on the side you want them to use. There's a little cubby at the foot of the bed. The little card they give you, hang it on the machine next to the bed. Make sure you have everything you need to lay there for one hour because once they have you connected you can't get up. You can't take a nap because they put a blood pressure cuff on your arm that will squeeze your arm when it's time for you to start repeatedly pumping your fist, so you need to be awake for that. Lol, before I knew anything I saw this lady in front of pumping her hand so fast it looked like ..... Anyway, you'll see. Another tip, Noemi has a heavy hand. After a while you hear your plasma pouring into the plastic container, you'll see the machine start at zero, you're done once it reaches 1000. I was constantly looking at the machine, the clock and the plasma pouring into the container and then watching everyone pumping their hands so fast and hard. Lol, I chuckled a lot. Did I tell you not to forget to take a blanket or something to keep you warm. After the container is full, your left over blood is returned to your body and if the machine detects you need fluids it will give you fluids automatically. Once you're done, the machine turns green which tells the staff you're done. Now you wait until someone is available to disconnect you. They come and disconnect you, bandage you up, sometimes tightly, which doesn't need to be but oh well, you just want to leave. They give you your colored card back and you put it in a container at the front. Before you walk out your money is in your acct. Voilà Is it worth it, the time, the traffic, yes, if you need the money. Most of the people in there are there for the same thing, they need money and right now. $80, $90, $100 is worth it if you need to pay a bill, gas, groceries, or even just to hold you till your next pay check. Kids are not allowed. The place is clean. Staff wipe after every person, gloves are changed. Drink plenty of water before and after, eat good before you go. You can only go twice a week and have at least one day in between your last appt. That's it.

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    Christina A.

    The last 4 times I've come there has been a long Waite despite having an appointment. You have to wait 10 people back for vitals and another 6-9 people for a bed. The manager today was Rose and I was told by an associate that they will open the floor disregarding appointments to increase number production. This I disrespectful for those who took the time to make an appointment. These appointments should take at most 45 minutes and now are taking up to 2 hours just because of the wait time.

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    Friendly staff(mostly) and good new donor pay. Recommend to anyone looking to make a few extra bucks and help out sick folks.

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    Kiki was a great help at the front desk today. She was extremely patient and helpful with my donation questions.

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    5 years ago

    Super clean, nice people! They actually ask if you're doing okay.do as much as can to help you out and they remember you on first name bases

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    4 years ago

    Great clean safe place to donate plasma very attentive staff is very nice would like to recommend

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    5 years ago

    Professional staff, timely service, clean facility. I really appreciate being able to ask for a particular person to stick me.

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    5 years ago

    Staff is extremely friendly. The facilities are clean. Would recommend to friends & family. Very professional atmosphere. Well trained staff

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    4 years ago

    Always quick and polite. I've used several other plasma centers and this one is my go toby far.

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    5 years ago

    I come and donate plasma twice a week. The people that work at Biolife are very friendly.

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    $80, $90, $100 is worth it if you need to pay a bill, gas, groceries, or even just to hold you till your next pay check.

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    Biomat USA

    Biomat USA

    2.6(12 reviews)
    13.6 miDowntown

    Terrible service. Terrible payout. The Phlebologists barely know how to stick a needle better than…read morea blind chid playing Pin the Tail on the Donkey. They gave me needle bruises twice and act like it wasn't their fault. The head Phlebologist is one of the biggest b word I have ever had the displeasure of meeting. Barely legal Skeleton crew operating the building too. Nobody picks up the phone either. I hate everyone in this place. Go anywhere else but here.

    Yes, a plasma facility can usually retest a donor after a false positive result to potentially…read moreallow them to donate again, depending on the specific circumstances and the facility's policies, which often involve a waiting period and additional confirmatory testing to verify the initial positive result was a false positive. National Donor Deferral Registry: A false positive can put a donor on a national list preventing them from donating at participating centers, but if retesting confirms a false positive, they may be able to donate again. Retesting process: If a donor receives a positive result, the facility may require a waiting period before retesting to ensure accuracy. "The FDA revised its guidelines to allow blood centers to do additional work with these donors - for example, by doing additional rounds of retesting - which can eliminate false positive test results and qualify them to give blood again," said Samantha Gomez Ngamsuntikul, the center's associate medical director.Aug 29, 2022 I'm still waiting for them to give me the opportunity for a retest after the waiting period and the false positive I don't need a staff worker to look at me and tell me that they can't help me giving me excuses knowing that they, a co-worker or manager can help me!

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    Octapharma Plasma

    2.8(29 reviews)
    10.9 mi

    Staff hands out express passes to people they know. So you'll be waiting forever to be seated. They…read moreway the seat people is askew. You be waiting for awhile to be stuck. You'll see someone that was way behind you get stuck before you

    I was a new donor this past Monday (now Friday) at the West Ave location. The new donor intake…read moreprocess was a bit long as expected but not unpleasant. The gentleman who did my physical was great as were all the staff members who helped me with the intake process. The issue occurred during the donation process. I had donated at a different location consistently for about a year, but decided to try octapharma for it's convenient location. I never had issues at the other location regarding the stick. I don't have unusual veins in any way. This Monday the tech who stuck me had many issues with my vein. The machine was not receiving blood no matter how much I pumped. The tech had to move my needle around quite a bit, eventually with the help of another tech, until they decided to put the machine on "it's lowest setting". It was a long, and painful process. My arm hurt significantly from when I left the building until today. I called Donor relations on Wednesday to explain my situation and told her I had donated many times and had never had this much pain and wasn't sure if this was normal. To this she replied "yes this is normal for a first time donor"..... First time donor?? This is my reason for this review. Because I have reached out to them directly and have been brushed off and unheard. I do not recommend coming here for your own health.

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