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CSL Plasma

2.1 (83 reviews)
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Jennifer S.

I came here to donate plasma today it's been a while so they consider me a new donor which means I get to jump to the front of the line yippie!!!!! Usually this location is extremely busy leaving staff very little time for sociable quick talk. But today I was rather impressed with the whole team and process today. The front desk receptionist helpfully got me through the check-in process quickly. Now I'm sitting in my donation chair getting my IV hooked up to start the donation process and I'm watching a phlebotomists named Jackie cleaning the empty chair in front of me. I've donated at other places in the past, and even here I've never seen anybody be so thorough with cleaning the chair as Jackie, She made sure to wipe every part of the chair and the arm piece. Usually techs just spray spray wipe real quick, and they're done missing majority of the chair and all of the arm rest. So thank you Jackie for taking the extra couple seconds to be thorough. Looks like there's a good team in place that get you in and out and are nice and friendly and the place is clean!!! Thanks everyone working today!!! Keep up the good work

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Scott J.

Here's a thorough review of CSL Plasma Gilbert which opened in the second week of December of 2014. How do I know that? Ive been donating there since day one. Im giving it a 4 star rating because thats what it deserves Management- I have to start with management because essentially that's going to impact a donor's experience with the center more than anything else. An employee can tell whether a manager sees them as just a number or an actual real person. This will play a role in the overall moral and performance. ive seen them come and go from Erica, Chris, and melissa and so on. Since Will moved into the role ive noticed a considerable improvement. Promotions of Tabby up front and Kayla in the back has added stability and an a much more consistent efficiency of operations. Staff- CSL has a turnover rate that is can only be comparable to McDonald's. The only thing that i cant understand is how they are still second because its possible Mickey Ds pays more! DONT quote me on that, it was a joke. But what isnt funny is that CSL doesnt pay thier phlebotomists enough to make it a job worth excelling at let alone showing up to everyday. It's been so bad it's actually helped employees find other employment that would pay them closer to thier worth. CSL tends to hire fresh out of HS , or college undergrad often as well. This means its only a matter of time before they outgrow the place. I dont quite understand why it makes sense to operate this way. As a business owner myself i can say that I would rather have 4 quarters then 100 pennies any day. Not trying to discredit those wonderful Gen Zers, CSL has actually gotten lucky with hires like Mikey (front) and Arlene in the back. At any rate, high turn over automatically results in frequency of being understaffed. Cant blaim the staff thats there for the staff thats not.....make sense? Overall experience- Just like any other customer service related experience..9/10 you can pretty much expect to get it how you give it. Dont be an ass and it will most likely go well for you. In these Covid times its made it more important then ever to DO YOUR HOMEWORK. Maybe CSL isnt the right place for you to donate, but if you take this review and really understand it then CSL will work fine. They have an app that seems pretty accurate as to times they are busy and not busy. if time means anything to you, use It. Get yourself a decent pair of headphones or a good book and get some downtime while getting paid for it. TOP 6 Stickers (No specific order) Kayla Akira Christina Arlene Marla Michelle

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They always leave my arm bruised. Went here two years ago and never got hurt like that. No idea why their quality has dropped

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Should have people who check veins before making them go thru 3-4 hour process. Big waste of time.

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American Red Cross

American Red Cross

4.3(7 reviews)
2.1 mi

REVIEW #1000! My…read moresiblings and I like to donate blood together, and so my brother and I decided to come here and give platelets. I had only donated with the Red Cross once back in college, so this was my first time doing platelets at a donation center. I didn't even know they had them, I thought they only did mobile drives. But it makes sense since platelet donations are only done at a center. It was easy to create an account and schedule an appointment online. I like that I could add my donor id to my phone wallet, since they ask for it at checkin and during the interview process. The center is easy to locate and parking was plentiful. We signed in at the front desk and got name tags, which was a thoughtful touch. We were told it would be a bit of a wait since they had a big rush of donors come in. We sat in the waiting area for 30 minutes until our names were called. The interview process went smoothly and I absolute love their hemoglobin tester! No finger pricks here and my level was healthy. I also like that they do a temperature check using a forehead thermometer, so there's no need to remove my mask. Sandy was funny and personable and I enjoyed having her throughout my donation process. She was attentive and made sure I had everything I needed, including a warmed blanket and tums for the tingling. The donation chairs each have their own tv screen and headphones, which is great because giving platelets here requires a needle in both arms, so you aren't free to use one to read a book or use a device. My donation took 116 minutes, so I watched a movie on Netflix to help the time pass by (though I could hear it fine, the volume level was not adjustable from the remote). Tori helped me when I finished and was great. They have a nice selection of snacks in the canteen area plus water and juices, so I enjoyed a tropical punch, cheezits, and some pretzels. The staff gave us a nice bag and these plastic popcorn containers as a gift for our first platelet donation with them, which was an unexpected surprise. Overall, it was a positive experience despite the wait time and two arm donation. The staff was great and helpful and I'm glad we were able to donate here! Go donate blood/platelets if you can :-)

The people here are very nice but these last two visits my husband complained about them having…read moredifficulties finding a good vein (which was painful) in spite of him drinking tons of water a couple of days before. Every time he has to have bloodwork done at Sonora Quest the techs there never have a problem finding a vein - easy peasy. Yesterday (Sunday) they "blew out his vein" in his right arm. They had 4 techs trying to locate a vein. It's to the point now he no longer wants to donate blood at this facility. He may give them one more try but in the meantime we are searching for another facility.

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Octapharma Plasma

3.0(17 reviews)
9.7 mi

I'm leaning 4 outta 5 stars just because of the location and the element that goes in there. If I…read moreknew their names I would give shout outs but this is the best I can do. The really short Native American phlebotomist really cute she's super sweet and very nice, the management team are very nice as well, the Puerto Rican or Dominican phlebotomist that's very light skinned with the dark hair she's nice and sweet as well she always remembers I need something to squeeze before pumping, the black male I think he might e Puerto Rican as well always wearing nice shoes he's very nice also. Those are my top favorites, when doing vitals I gotta give a shot out to a few and unfortunately don't know their names which I need to start doing. The big guy he's super friendly and come to find out we have the same birthday and he calls me up by name, there's the older woman who is super duper sweet and once again I'm sorry I forgot her name but I love when I'm at her booth. Just an all out friendly facility, I use to donate at CSL Plasma and they took away platinum donors getting express passes so and their staff are always either mad or tired. Keep up the great work Octapharma!!!

I had a nightmare experience at this place. The equipment is questionable and the female techs…read moreabsolutely butchered me. My first visit to Octapharma in Mesa wasn't bad. The sign up and initial checkup procedure was pretty smooth, and I had a male phlebotomist who was great. The clientele was a bit sketchy, but I was in and out of the donation chair, feeling good and on my way in 35 minutes. My second visit was a different story. It was busier... and I was assigned to a kind of big girl with a sticker on her face shield that said something like "I hate my life, but at least I'm caffeinated". Very professional. I offered her my right arm that has a huge vein and said "you really can't miss that one hunh?" She replied "Oh you'd be surprised", which didn't exactly instill me with confidence about her abilities. She stuck in the needle and walked away and it was just me and the machine. I looked around. There was a short blonde girl with what looked like glitter in her hair that seemed to be enjoying her day, singing and bopping around despite working in this bizarre environment. My donation didn't seem to be going as smoothly or quickly as the first time. The numbers were ticking up slower than before. Then my machine beeped loudly.. "uh oh" I thought. Then another beep. I looked around and glitter girl was glaring at me and making the pump your fist signal. She didn't seem friendly or happy anymore. I raised my eyebrows and pumped. Then things seemed to take a significant turn for the worse. A different more insistent beep began and a girl with the name tag "Lead Phleb" came over and said "we're going to try your other arm". Ok. But then after removing the needle she said... "Oh crap your blood pressure cuff wasn't velcroed tight". So chunky caffeinated shield girl did in fact blow it. So Lead Phleb hooked up my left arm and things seemed ok. I slowly but surely made it to 93% of my donation goal, but then the machine started beeping again. Something wasn't right. At this point I should have walked out. Especially once Lead Phleb informed me that she was going to search for a mysterious, but not visible second vein in my left arm. She felt around with a Qtip and tried to stick me a little.. no luck. She went to look for the manager lady, but she had gone on her lunch break. At this point the procedure basically turned into an assault as glitter girl came over to "help" and jabbed the razor sharp needle deep into my arm twice, shrugged and walked away. I managed to not scream, but was in shock at what had just happened. Lead phleb looked as horrified as me and said "Uh yeah we're going to go ahead and abort.. you'll still get paid." Yeah... no sh*t!! Then she asked me how I'm feeling. I didn't feel well. I was very light headed and cold and sweating all at once. Lead Phleb asks me if I've ever had a "blood loss" before... because apparently not all of my blood was returned to my body before she disconnected the machine. What? In addition she explains that I'm probably going to have "some bruising" and that she'll give me a flyer on how to care for it. I'm pretty angry at this point. Glitter girl has disappeared. I later read online that other people have complained about her doing things like this. She is apparently some kind of psychopath maybe?! I got the hell out of there and did my best to recuperate in my car... drinking water and trying to feel well enough to drive. Within a half hour of returning home my left arm started to swell and turn red. My arm felt all sliced up inside and blood was pooling under the skin. I considered a trip to the emergency room, but I'm currently uninsured and decide to tough it out. I began icing and elevating it. By the next day my arm was black and blue, swollen and quite painful. On the day after that, my arm was even worse and looked like the pictures above. Holding my phone to type was agony. I was taking pain medication and mostly just lying in bed trying to get better for several days. Feeling normal and pain free took three weeks. Any exercise made me lightheaded. I had to take iron pills to try to get my hemoglobin back up. I have vowed to never let a needle near my arm again. All in all... a nightmare experience. I barely made any money and I ended up enduring enough pain and suffering that I considered whether I should contact a lawyer or maybe even press charges for assault against glitter girl. Octapharma is a multi billion dollar a year company. You'd think that they could afford to hire and train a semi professional staff and have a supervisor around at all times, but that is clearly not the case... at least not at this location. Avoid!

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BioLife Plasma Services

BioLife Plasma Services

2.0(130 reviews)
7.2 mi

Everybody has been awesome. It's a high pressure job and I try to be understanding. Usually asking…read morehow they're doing before YOU essentially ask them to stab you is a good idea. Helping break the ice is the best plan of action. Thank you to Vivian, Sam, and Gavin for a job well done. And thank you to the many more that will help me get where I need to be financially. Amazing jobs.

I had an appointment yesterday at 6:10pm, I showed up, and it said I was deferred, so I held for a…read morenurse. I waited for about 10 minutes. I didn't get the nurse's name. I see her there in the evenings: brunette, wavy Hair, ponytail, middle-aged. She told me my protein is low and that I need to build it up, which is fine and totally understandable. Thank you for looking out. The problem that I have is that the whole time she just has this attitude I dealt with her before; she just has an attitude problem. Everyone there's nice and she just has this attitude like she just doesn't wanna be there. When I asked her questions, I asked her why nobody called me because I had to make arrangements to make sure that I made my appointment today; if they would've called me that would've been beneficial for me. She got an attitude and she told me that she could show me the log; they did call me and maybe it's because my voicemail is full or I changed my phone number. Immediately putting it on me, trying to gaslight me. I told her, " No, I've had the same phone number for 30 years and my voicemail is not full. " She proceeded to tell me that she's the only one there and people are waiting. I told her there was no need to be rude and defensive. She says she was not being rude, defensive. I told her, well, I'm taking it that way because of her tone. I wasn't even taking much of her time we were in consult for 5 minutes maybe; she made me wait and then she just wants to dismiss me, when I said it would of been nice to get a call. I'm not upset that I wasn't able to donate. I don't care. I don't have to do this. It's just her attitude, and it's a long time coming, because I dealt with her before and she's been rude. So this is just pertaining to her everyone else has been nice. Sincerely, Cruz Knight UPDATE- When I got home, I checked. Somebody did call in the morning, but they didn't leave a message. It would have been nice if they had left a message. They just said hello, and that's it. Attaching a screenshot of the call.

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Pain bruising in arm a week after. Called with no answer left a message with name and number and still have not received a call.

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Vitalant Blood Donation- Tempe

3.8(8 reviews)
10.8 mi

Friendly from the start! From front desk, to the intake, to the chair and beyond! The employees are…read morekind and helpful. Facility is clean, bright and welcoming. Bring a good book, tablet, whatever! Relax and donate life!!

I went to Vitalant planning to donate whole blood, but the staff suggested I switch to a plasma…read moredonation because my hemoglobin was "really good." I agreed. After 40min, the machine couldn't draw enough plasma and the technician told me "it's still enough, we can stop here, you've given enough blood." So I left thinking at least part of my donation was collected and would be used. A few days later, I checked my Vitalant account and saw my donation listed as "Unsuccessful Draw." No explanation, no details, nothing. That means the donation was discarded -- yet the staff told me everything was "enough" and "good." This is incredibly confusing and honestly feels misleading. If the product was not usable, then say that. If nothing was collected, then say that. If partial plasma was discarded, then say that. A donor should not have to guess what happened to their own blood. I volunteered my time and my body to help people, and the lack of transparency makes me feel like my effort didn't matter. Vitalant needs major improvements: Clear communication/Transparency: Donors should be told upfront when a donation ends early and whether anything is actually usable. Or even online portal should show more details, what was taken, what was discarded, how much was taken, where is it going, who did i help, some sort of transparency. Accurate donor history: The online portal should show what was collected (blood, plasma, partial amounts) even if it's discarded. Respect for donors' time: It's discouraging to give blood only to learn from the website -- not the staff -- that it was thrown away. I want to support blood donation, but this experience left me confused, disappointed, and feeling like I wasn't told the truth. So, I am not going back to Vitalant for sure but I will still explore more options to help out people.

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