Whole process 1hr 15minutes almost every time, BioLife

They went up first two donation $100 and the 3rd and 4th donation $50 and 5th donation $75. They aint lying they making killing off our plasma and bad part is how expensive it is to get yo own plasma if you needed it. 🤦🏾🤦🏾🤦🏾 and whoever said they did plasma in 30mins before pandemic lying. It take 30mins just go through process. But now I can see 30mins cause you can do questionnaire on yo phone and just scan go. And if you got enough water and protein in yo body you in and out.

The CSL I go to its $825 for the first month. Then $50-$60 depending on weight and frequency of donation. That is for twice a week.

That payment started January 2021

This is so true. My fastest time on the machine was 40 minutes. That’s just being on the machine. You wait in line a lot plus they have to stick you and that takes time. If the center you go to is fast and efficient you are looking at about 2 hours.

It’s never 30 minutes. At least one hour. 45 mins At least on the machine. CSL pays 100 for the first three visits. 50 for the next 3 and 100 for the next two. I donated the fourth time today.

Amen! It’s supposed to be about saving lives!

I usually go to donate plasma in the morning and there is no line to get in the back. It usually only gets crowded on the weekends and in the afternoons when people get off of work.

The first visit I was there for 4-5 hours, so definitely be prepared to not have plans right after, because you can really get held up on the first visit. They had all sorts of problems with me in their system, because I had previously donated at another one of there locations 10+ years ago, and apparently that was really challenging for them to handle for some reason.

I’m not complaining. In my opinion, donating plasma is one of the easiest ways to make cash, and per hour has been higher paid than just about any job I’ve had, and all you have to do is sit there. I have even had some bad experiences, but I will still go back. Twice, I went into tetany in my arm because the anticoagulant robs calcium from your blood, and prevents nerves from firing. Now I make sure to take Tums before I go in every time, and drink plenty of water and electrolytes and don’t have problems.

This happened when I donated during my period, so I highly recommend not going during this time. I also had a random SPE test during this time, which was unfortunate, and I ended up being deferred for 2 weeks due to low protein. If you go twice a week EVERY week, continuously, you may end up feeling weak and failing protein tests, so take a break from it once in awhile to recover.