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How can we get more rh negative people to donate blood?

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In the past years I have been appalled hearing stories about blood type O negative friends of mine getting harassed by call centers hired by blood banks to “remind them” that “it’s time to give another donation” when the particular services do not do a thing for the donors. Their reasoning:
“If we pay people to donate blood, then it might encourage people with at-risk-behavior to lie about their lifestyles and it will increase the likelihood to pass on infected blood”.
The profits that blood banks make are high. And many people feel foolish to give their blood for free and rather than receiving some sort of benefit in return seeing these profits reinvested into hiring people to harass them instead.
So here is my question to all of you:
What can be done to increase the amount of blood donors worldwide?
And what can blood banks do for their donors without encouraging people who want quick money and hide certain behavior that might increase the risk of passing on “bad blood”?

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2 Comments

  1. Eligius4917 June 12, 2017 Reply

    What the blood banks need to do is to promote stories of children whose lives were saved by blood donations. I think those stories exert a more powerful pull on the heartstrings, than stories about adults. This week is National Blood Donor Week in Australia, and I know I’m going to see another story on television or in the press about James Harrison saving two million babies with his blood. They know he gets the donors through the doors.

    In Australia, blood donation is monopolized by the Red Cross. There are no private blood banks, or private plasma collectors. Blood donation isn’t something you get paid for – it’s something you do as a community service. ‘Payment’ is a milkshake and something sugary afterwards, like a cookie. There are medals and plaques for when your reach a milestone, like 50 donations, and lunches for specialist donors. If you do it for forty years or so, you might get an Order of Australia medal from the government.

  2. Andi Nieman June 26, 2017 Reply

    I have had trouble donating in the past because I have two small children and you have to be able to go alone in case you need medical attention. My suggestion would be a daycare for the little ones so that you can bring your babies with you.

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