What is the difference between plasma and blood donation?

Contrary to popular belief amongst people unfamiliar with plasma donation, the process is not synonymous with blood donation. read more

1.Blood donations involve the donation of all of the whole components of the blood while plasma donations only involve the donation of plasma, and then the remaining blood components are being returned to the donor’s body. read more

The ”whole blood” donation procedure takes about an hour, but the actual donation takes around 8-10 minutes. Donating plasma, on the other hand, takes a little longer – around 1 hour and 15 minutes. read more

1. Blood donation (Standard donation or Whole blood Donation). As the name indicates its the whole of Blood along with all of its contents (Blood cells, Plasma, etc) 2. Plasma donation (Plasmapheresis) Plasmapheresis is the removal, treatment, and return or exchange of blood plasma or components thereof from and to the blood components. read more