Blood donor safety

Healthy donors, giving blood regularly are the basis of the donor movement and a guarantee to the patient in need be provided with the necessary amount of donor blood components. Therefore, one of the key priorities of blood service institutions is to ensure 100% safety of the procedure for donating blood and its components for the donor.

Action being taken to provide safety are as follows:

• The donor controls his health through regular medical examinations and free tests for the most common infections.
• Only sterile disposable instruments are used for blood sampling. Their reuse is excluded. During apheresis procedures, closed systems are used in which blood is taken automatically on special equipment with minimal intervention by medical personnel.
• Offsite donor actions are safe.
  Beforehand, all the premises where the action takes place are personally inspected and approved by a specialist of the Blood Service institution. Donors, organizers of the action and journalists enter the donor hall only in shoe covers. A mobile team of the institution works at all actions, incl. transfusiologists, and special medical equipment intended for offsite donor events is used.
• Despite the fact that blood donation is absolutely safe for the donor, each of them is insured by the state. In case of causing any harm to him during the donation, the damage and expenses for treatment will be compensated.
• Donor compliance with the recommendations of the Blood Service improves donation tolerance. You can find recommendations here.