Blood donation is a recognized procedure, which lasts approximately 30 minutesin which, as indicated Manuel Gonzalezmedical director of Bupa Renaca Clinicextracted 450 ml of blooda “amount that does not harm the body and it recovers in a short time by itself”.
“Despite biotechnological advances, blood cannot be artificially manufactured; it is a renewable tissue that, once extracted, has a limited lifespan. For this reason, to give blood is to give life”, he added.
As stated by the nurse Maria Francisca BustamanteHealth Innovation Management Coordinator at Colaboramedto donate blood, you start with the donor’s data records and then move on to “a professional interview in person and private to assess their state of health.”
In this way, if the person is accepted to carry out the process, “the Informed consentlegal document included in the Donor File, which must be read and signed at the end of the interview”.
To donated blood, in accordance with what is indicated by the Ministry of Health (Minsal), you will be tested for HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HTLV, syphilis and Chagas diseaseto make sure the person does not have infections.
According to the doctor Milton Larrondoboss of blood bank of the Clinical Hospital of the University of Chilehe blood type what is most needed are blood groups A and 0while the less frequent are B y AB.
Also, he assured that, compared to the months of January to May of the year 2022, there have been in the health institution “a 12% increase in donors which has allowed a good satisfaction of transfusion requests”.
In addition, according to what González commented, “it is estimated that in our country only the 36% of people are selfless donors”.
The person who wants to donate blood must call your health institution by phone closest and ask about the attention schedulesince I know you must schedule time in order to perform the procedure.
Once this step is done, the individual should only follow the instructions given and show up at the assigned time and place.
After the donation, González indicates that the person will receive “a snack to regain strength before resuming normal activity. However, it is recommended wait an hour to drive and 12 hours to drive heavy load vehicles or collective locomotion, as well as do not do risky sports and work at height.
In the event that someone wants to donate blood, they can be informed at the page of the Minsal about the different venues and hours throughout the country in which this procedure is performed.
As indicated by Bustamante, part of the characteristics that people must meet to carry out this act is to “verify if any medication they are taking recently prevents them from giving”, so they should talk, if they are in that situation, with their attending physician.
Among the other requirements that must be met, the Ministry of Health indica:
- Have an identification document (identity card, driver’s license or passport).
- Be between 17 and 70 years old. In the case of being a minor, the signed authorization of the parents or guardian must be taken, and, if the person is over 60 years of age, they must have medical authorization from the place where the donation process takes place.
- Sleep at least 5 hours.
- Weigh more than 50 kilos.
- Have eaten in the last five hours.
- Women can give blood if four months have passed since their last donation, while men must wait three months.
- If a person has tattoos, they can be a donor if it has been six months since the procedure was performed.
In addition, the head of the Blood Bank of the Clinical Hospital of the University of Chile, points out that the donor must not have “chronic diseases”with the exception of well-controlled hypertension and diabetes treated with diet and oral medications.
However, even if the above requirements are met, the Minsal indicates that the person will not be able to donate blood if they have any of the following characteristics:
- You have had sex, with or without a condom, with a new person, or with more than one partner, in the last six months.
- If you have had diarrhea in the last 14 days.
- You have had sexual relations with persons in the sex trade in the last year.
- If you have had piercings, tattoos, rings or acupuncture sessions in the last six months.
- Has used or injected illegal drugs.
- If you are pregnant or, in the last six months, you have given birth or suffered an abortion.
- You have taken antibiotics in the last 7 days.
- If you have had an endoscopy or colonoscopy in the last six months.
He Ministry of Health declares that the blood obtained is destined for different treatmentssuch as those of diseases that cause anemia, different types of cancer, surgical interventions, organ transplants, among other processes.
“With the donated blood, 4 blood components known as red blood cells, platelets, plasma and cryoprecipitates”, affirmed Dr. Larrondo.
As indicated by the ColaboraMed Health Innovation Management Coordinator, this process is safe and “a few days after a blood donation, the body replaces lost fluids and after two weeks replenish red blood cells”.
For his part, the head of the Blood Bank of the Clinical Hospital of the University of Chile, points out that “in general the blood draw is very well tolerated”. He also comments that, during this process, the individual is always being “monitored by health personnel”.
In addition, the medical director of Clínica Bupa Reñaca adds that “blood donation is safe, since new, sterile and disposable equipment is used for each donor, therefore, you can’t catch any disease”.
However, the Ministry of Health informs that, if 14 days have passed since the donation and the person follows presenting some problemthis must notify the same place where you carried out the process to analyze your situation.
2023-06-08 14:08:00
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