This is an excellent place to donate blood. The staff are friendly, the snacks are top-notch, and…read morethose doing longer donations have a TV screen at their seat. It is conveniently located near many workplaces as well.

I've had positive experiences donating blood here. The staff are fast and friendly and they're…read morenever had a problem getting an IV in. I donate whole blood and the whole process takes an hour from checking in to finish. I recommend completing the Rapidpass online to save some time. Once you check in you wait in the waiting area for your name to be called. Then they take you into a back room and ask some of the same questions as the Rapidpass. Next, they do a fingerstick to check your hemoglobin and get a full set of vitals (pulse, blood pressure, temperature). After donating blood, they offer you snacks and sometimes a free shirt. The only downside is that parking can be tough to find. I recommend coming on a Sunday when it's less busy and to get the free meter parking.

My family has been a big supporter of blood donation so I have been going since high school. pretty…read moremuch every 54 days for 20 years. I have gone to various places over the years and the MGH Blood Donor Center is pretty much the best. They provide free parking, the process is so streamlined, you are out in no time and the workers there are skilled. NO PAIN! Plus free t shirts and treats after! Hospitals are in chronic need of blood so really, it's everyone's duty to donate!

I'm giving them 5 stars even though it's only place I've ever donated blood or blood platelets for…read morethe simple reason that it's so clean and well run and although I have nothing to compare it to I can tell it's well run by the way they're so stringent on cleanliness and safety. You have to have certain numbers for heart rate blood pressure and iron in your blood which they do all tests before you can donate. I've given whole blood here but what I usually donate is blood platelets it's more needed according to staff and you can donate I believe every week or so unlike whole blood which takes longer although I forget exact length of time. Once you read and sign forms have those tests done you're ready to go. They have these curved padded chairs which are very comfortable there's TV's u can control and if u get cold blankets. Like I said I do Platelets and it usually takes about an hour and a half I stay on long enough to make Platelets for 2 people I guess I'm fortunate for some reason i have lots of Platelets I think single donations are about an hour but everyone's different. Although I don't like needles I donate because I know it'll help someone and I'm not rich to donate enough money to make a difference but I do have blood and I always feel better after donating it's a good feeling. They validate parking for you so parking is free

LeukoLab in Quincy is the absolute best!…read more I have been giving blood and participating in many different medical studies over the last 10 years, at all the hospitals in Boston and other medical research groups, and I can tell you that none of them compare to LeukoLab.. The office is beautiful. Modern, clean and professional. The staff is super nice and accommodating and go out of their way to make you feel comfortable throughout the whole process... The money is way more than any other place will pay you and you get paid quickly. (The other places can take 4-6 weeks to pay)... As far as the actual procedures... they are easy and nothing to worry about. Even the bone marrow donation (which sounds a little scary!) was simple. The doctor and nurse were fantastic and put me at ease during the whole process by explaining what is going on. Honestly, all I felt during the entire 45 min procedure was a little pressure during the extraction and it only lasted a minute... The majority of the time is just the staff setting up for the actual procedure... *** This is the best and most generous $$$ research Lab I have ever gone to... If you want some quick and easy cash, while feeling good about doing a very great thing in helping crucial medical research, then this is definitely a Win/Win!!!

healthy young person and yet they refuse to even screen me as a donor. I am baffled why they would…read morereject blood from a healthy young person. no reasoning provided, just a cold robotic email that I can't respond to and a phone number where the only option is to leave a voicemail. impossible to talk to a human if they reject you for an arbitrary (and quite possibly illegal and discriminatory) way. disappointed :(

This small training center in an office park in Waltham is used by the American Red Cross for…read morecertification classes in adult and pediatric CPR and first aid. They do a good job with the training, the location is not hard to find, there's parking. Note that there are not a lot of amenities in the area so if you have an all-day class it's a good idea to bring a lunch with you.

Teresa was so helpful and made this whole process so easy! Excited for what this opportunity holds…read morefor our family

Customer service was excellent. I spoke to a gentleman recently over the phone to clear up a…read morebilling issue and it went very smoothly. Banking my daughter's cord blood with Viacord was the best decision my partner and I ever made!

Great experience! The staff are friendly and kind. Get compensated to help science. Does require…read moresettling still for several hours, but staff keep you comfortable.

From the owner: HemaCare Donor Center specializes in collecting blood and bone marrow to support pharmaceutical &…read morebiotechnology companies, academic institutions, and research organizations. We support medical researchers find new ways to treat and potentially cure critical diseases, such as various cancers, autoimmune diseases, and degenerative disorders. HemaCare Donor Center compensates donors as a thank you for their time and effort spent donating.

I have donated at CGT for over 2 years and followed them from Arlington to Boston. I have donated…read morewhole blood, activated white blood cells and bone marrow. (Not sure I'll do marrow again) I have always had a good experience (barring one phlebotomist who had a hard time with my big veins). Their schedulers (Nicolle and Cal) are extremely nice and always treat me well with their text and emails. Their new facility is nicely appointed and the parking is easy. I do wish the paperwork could be streamlined, but it is mostly the same each time, with a few added pages for each program. They always do full vitals: weight, BP, temp, and take a quick blood sample for crit levels. The process is easy and the payment immediately goes on a refillable debit card which you can use for transactions at stores or ATMs. If you lose your card, they can issue you another one. I don't work for them and am not paid for this review. I would not have written it, except there was a poor review I could not ignore.

In a word? Don't. Their protocols HAVE dropped unacceptably, as in, no temperature check, no blood…read morepressure check, the phlebotomist wasn't nice about tightenting the cuff so badly I emitted a shout of pain, as in, no I'm sorry I hurt you....AND they have this weird system where you must save the prepaid card...for 8 months. If you didn't save the card, you DO NOT get paid with another one, bc a 8 month lapse is understandable. I have no problem telling a judge to reject their claims of harassment, given that they don't check ID, and even at the Mass Eye & Ear THAT is mandated. They must be going out of business, so the standards sunk.

The staff are really in turned to your needs. You are great cheerfully and very personally.read more

best people in the world - kind compassionate personable - extremely skilled and fun to help…read moreBCH take care of patient needs by donating