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    Hoxworth Blood Center

    4.6 (8 reviews)
    Closed 8:00 am - 3:30 pm

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    Does Hoxworth sell the blood that is donated? How much profit is made from the blood sales?

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    Hoxworth Blood Center

    Hoxworth Blood Center

    4.6
    (9 reviews)
    6.9 mi

    Blood, which you might need in an an emergency, is collected primarily from volunteers. You could…read morebe one! It is easy, quick and almost completely painless! When I was in high school, one of my friend's parent needed frequent transfusions. So in high school, we would go as a group to give blood once every month or two. At that time, the UC Hospital Blood Bank was open 24 hours a day. We would go after midnight and had a great time conversing and flirting with the night shift, filled with fun individuals who weren't that busy. The 24 hour schedule is no more, but it is a happy memory. I moved away, but visiting, I decided to give some blood! The center has clinics all over town. Clifton has limited days and hours. If you are healthy, make an appointment. Friends together are welcome. Park in the Goodman Garage you can enter off Highland. Free parking! They validate parking so you aren't paying for parking to donate blood. There is a bridge on the 3rd floor from the elevators in the SE corner of the garage to the blood bank building. At the end of the bridge is a dedicated elevator to the blood center. The blood collection is on the 4th floor. It has its own lobby, then a check in desk. After providing basic information, you answer some health history questions on a wireless tablet. Check in and questionnaire takes about 10-15 minutes. After a short wait, your blood pressure, temperature, pulse and iron content of your blood is checked. If all is OK, the prep staff codes all the collection items with bar codes for the lab. They have some comfortable chairs for the donation itself. After, they have not so healthy snacks, orange juice, apple juice, V8, diet & sugar lemon lime soda, cold water. It's a good idea to relax there for a few minutes. They have free WiFi. And in the snack area are some touching notes from blood donors and recipients. Improvements: substitute wave, jungle, bird sounds for the rock music background. It's there so no one overhears confidential patient information. Get bananas and some more healthy snacks. America has one of the cleanest and most volunteer-supported blood systems in the world! That's because of you, if you give blood!

    Drop what you're doing and schedule a donation. No seriously, I mean it…read more If you are a healthy adult and meet the other requirements http://www.hoxworth.org/donate_blood/eligibility.html you should donate. I have donated many times and can say that its one of the easiest and generous things you can do for your fellow humans. The staff are friendly and the phelebotomists are skilled and will make the experience as quick and painless as possible. I typically donate what is called a "Double Red" and the benefit of this form of donation is that you get fluids that help your body recover faster than a more typical donation. The only negatives I have to mention are that if you do any foreign travel, you need to tell them what countries you have visited for the last three years. I travel a lot and ended up bringing a list so that I wouldn't forget a country. There are often giveaways such as free tshirts or tickets to a local sporting team. A few days later you can call an automated service that gives you your cholesterol reading. I also think they can validate parking, but I am not 100% sure about that. You might want to ask them when you call about your appointment. So, get over your fear of needles/blood/whatever and schedule an appointment stat!

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    Hoxworth Bus parked in front of Hoxworth Blood Center Central.
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    Dr. Prus from Children's visiting Hoxworth Central.
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    CSL Plasma

    CSL Plasma

    2.0
    (4 reviews)
    3.7 mi

    I've been going to this location with my Wife for more than 4 years now & we try to go twice a…read moreweek, many staff have come & gone over the years, but they do a great job at hiring mostly good people. Everyone knows the regulars & are very nice to all donors. The new machines make the whole process much faster than in the past. 90% of the time it's a very good, & quick in & out visit. We will definitely keep going!

    PLEASE GO TO ANOTHER CLINIC !! I went to the clinic yesterday, 5/29/26, and was deferred due to my…read moreheart rate and temperature. I was told by a staff member, whom got clarification from another staff member, that it would only be a day deferral, and to come in before 3pm the next day because they close at 3pm on Saturdays. So today, 5/30/26, I get up at the ass crack of dawn to get to the clinic first thing because quite frankly I am depending on this money currently and am hungry and wanted to get something to eat this morning. Well, I go in and they tell me I am deferred for two weeks due to my temperature being 100° yesterday because that indicates that I'm "sick". I am literally perfectly fine, it was a hot day and I don't have A/C in my car. You know what I also don't have in my car now? Gas. I came to the clinic on a completely empty gas tank because I was also depending on the $50 I was gonna make to put gas in my car. Gas is too expensive to be wasting and for them to play in my face like this is beyond disrespectful. So, because of an error on their end, I'm made to pay the price, I am hungry and tired of eating microwaved white rice, and my car's gas tank is completely empty. Do yourself a favor and go to another clinic, the customer service is completely unsatisfactory within those 4 walls.

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