Tuesday, February 23, 1982
Daily Nebraskan
Page 3
Students earn cash, help others
by donating at plasma centers
By Pat Higgins
Giving plasma is a way to help your
self and to help other people, said Uni
versity Plasma Center Manager Jim
Rose. There arc five University Plasma
Centers in the country aimed specifical
ly at college students. Rose said the vast
majority of donors at the Lincoln locat
ion, 1442 0 St., arc students.
"Since students have to spend a
certain amount of time studying, donat
ing plasma is a way that you can get
paid for studying for two hours," Rose
said.
The pay is $10 per donation with a
maximum of two donations in a seven
day period. First-time student donors
get a bonus - donors who are not stu
dents do not. Also, a bonus of $5 is pro
vided to students who give plasma eight
times in a calendar month.
"Since these are trying economic
times for everyone, students are feeling
the pinch as much as anyone else," Rose
said.
Lincoln Plasma Corp at 2021 0 St.,
also pays $10 a donation, and they pay
a bonus of an additional $5 on the
second visit. They also pay an extra $5
to those who refer other people to the
Lincoln Plasma Corp. Donors are limit
ed to twice-a-week visits.
"We get businessmen, unemployed
people and lots of students," reception
supervisor Ava Liedtke said.
The plasma withdrawn from a
donor's blood is used to manufacture
"factor eight," used to treat hemo
philiacs. Plasma also is used to make
albumin, a protein extract used to treat
shock and burn patients.
Rose has been a plasma donor him
self for more than 10 years and said he
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"I wouldn't do it myself if it wasn't
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The plasma donating procedure starts
with a screening process beginning with
a physical examination. After the phy
sical, potential donors are treated for
the amounts of protein and glucose in
their urine and of protein in the blood.
"The vast majority of people are
accepted, but there is a certain percent
age that do get rejected. Anybody who
can donate whole blood can donate
plasma," Rose said.
The actual procedure, called a double
plasmapheresia, beings by cleaning the
site where the plasma will be extracted.
A puncture is then made in the site, and
a unit of whole blood is withdrawn.
Depending on the donor's body weight,
the unit of blood will be either 500 or
600 milliliters.
Then, plasma is separated from the
blood cells by a centrifuge. The cells are
replaced in the donor, a second unit of
blood is drawn and the procedure is re
peated. An intravenous solution of
normal saline solution is maintained
during the procedure to keep open the
IV and partially replace the volume of
plasma.
Rose said most people experience no
side effects from the plasma withdrawal
procedure.
Being a donor inquires common
sense, Rose said. Cramming all night be
fore donating or having a poor diet
usually will prevent the potential donor
from being accepted, Rose said.
"The safety of the donor is our
utmost concern from the moment they
walk into here till the time that they
leave," he said.
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meeting will be March 2 at
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County Building.
A UNL group opposing
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