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Vitalant Blood Donation- Chico

2.8 (5 reviews)
Closed • 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

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11 months ago

Great Staff & Facility. Everyone is super friendly & professional. The beds are comfortable with warm blankets and pillows. Thank you.

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BloodSource

4.3(8 reviews)
0.0 mi

I had a great experience my first time at BloodSource. I really wanted to donate, but I didn't know…read morewhere to go in Chico, so a friend told me that she regularly donates here. I hadn't donated in over 10 years so I went in ahead of time and asked all the questions I had. The receptionist answered them all and I was out of there quickly with an appointment for the next week. That following week I went in for my appt. and was greeted at the front desk with a free sticker because that happened to be the giveaway that day. Afterward, I was taken into a private room and got my finger pricked, weighed, and asked personal "blood donating" questions. I was left with a tablet with a survey on it and completed it in about 10 minutes. After I was done, I was taken into the main room where they do the blood drawing. The lady doing mine was super personable, funny, and made sure to talk me through the whole process. She kept checking in with me to see how I was feeling and made sure I waited long enough after it was done before I got up. I ended the trip with a solid visit to the snack counter, where I was offered ANY type of juice or cheese from the fridge, and an endless supply of snacks on the counter. I went for apple juice + ranch Doritos because I'm an adult. The volunteer behind the counter even wrote me a post-if to remind me what time I'm allowed to leave. Overall it was a great experience! I already have my next appt. to donate in 8 weeks.

The only problem I have ever had was the guy couldn't find a vein that would stay still. I got a…read morebooboo shirt and two tickets to the movies for that. It is a nice place to go because the people put you at ease. It doesn't take that long and you get to sit and snack with the new friends you made. I just wonder, how often do you get out to Oroville these days?

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Vitalant Blood Donation- Redding - Blown vein.

Vitalant Blood Donation- Redding

3.7(6 reviews)
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I donate blood when I can and this is the place I go to. The staff here is competent and friendly…read more I get my donation done with little pain and my veins are hard to see, but these people are sure experienced and they just feel my arm and know where my vein is. Poke and it's just a little pinch and then it's fine. There are some things you can do to make your visit go well, and one main thing is to hydrate well so your veins will be nice and juicy to find and your blood will flow better. The other thing is to fill out the online questions BEFORE your appointment and print and bring the little square code thingy to the front desk. This will save a bunch of time. A tech will take you into a little room for privacy where they will take your vitals and do a finger prick to measure your blood hemoglobin. This is how thick you blood is with red blood cells. Then you will go to the blood draw station. The blood draw goes as fast as it takes to get 500 ml. of blood out of you ... basically a pint. It takes me about 7 min. When you're done they will bandage you up and let to have at all the free snacks! I love me some Doritos! If you want to donate blood, and it's a good thing to do, this is the place to come. Be sure to go to their website and make an appointment ahead of time. You can donate every 8 weeks id you want. A real good thing about giving blood, is you'll get a free cholesterol test! The results will be posted to your online account under "wellness".

Dang girl blew my vien. Never happened in my years and years of donating. I'm done. She makes my…read morearm to find the vein and then dug. She was awful

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