People can't donate if they have or had tuberculosis, heart disease (and currently taking medication for it), sickle cell anemia, certain types of cancer, or malaria (contracted in the past three years or travelled to an endemic area in the past year).
What do they check for when you donate plasma?
All donors must be screened for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C at each donation using nucleic amplified testing (NAT), a state-of-the-art testing method that tests for the DNA particles of the virus. In addition, each plasma donation is tested for antibodies that the body produces in response to a virus.
Why can't I donate plasma?
You can't donate plasma if you: have had most types of cancer. have some heart conditions. have received blood, plateletsblood, plateletsA megakaryocyte (mega- + karyo- + -cyte, "large-nucleus cell") is a large bone marrow cell with a lobated nucleus responsible for the production of blood thrombocytes (platelets), which are necessary for normal blood clotting.https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › MegakaryocyteMegakaryocyte - Wikipedia, plasma or any other blood products after 1 January 1980.