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Daily Nebraskan
Monday, August 25, 1986
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Choose from over 70 college courses
Take courses at the pace you set
Arrange your schedule as you want it
Study at times and places convenient to you
Flexibility when you need it:
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To enroll or for information, call 472-1926 or visit room
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33rd and Holdredge on east campus.
A little time, a little plasma
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admissions or employment programs, and I SOOItk .
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to same. '
UNL students earn
money while helping
vaccine development
By Jen Deselms
Senior Reporter
The ads appear in local papers offer
ing money for a little time and a little
plasma.
Who answers. these ads?
They are the young and the old, com
ing from all occupations and races.
They have different reasons. Some
donate plasma for money and others to
help people. But whatever the reasons,
these donors all give plasma that will
be manufactured into vaccines and
medicine.
Many donors learn about the plasma
centers from friends and newspaper
ads. Lincoln resident Penny Snyder is
one of these donors.
Donating plasma
Snyder has been donating plasma for
three months. She said she began
donating because she wanted to help
other people.
"I wish more people would come in
to donate," Snyder said.
Bill Smith, a student at Southeast
Community College, has been donating
for five years. Smith said he uses his
earnings to play golf.
Matt Morton, a UNL sophomore and
donor at University Plasma Center, said
giving plasma wasn't as bad as he
imagined. Morton has been donating
for about three months. He became
interested in donating because of the
money the centers offer.
He said he usually uses the money
for extra spending, but now he is using
it to buy his girlfriend a birthday
present.
Results
The results of a study of 14,000 paid
plasma donors published in a North
American Biologicals Inc. newsletter
showed that 80 percent of plasma
donors are males, 22 percent are stu
dents, and 85 percent are under 40
years old.
Colette Kiefer-Barton, assistant man
ager of University Plasma Center, esti
mated that students make up 30 per
cent of the center's donors during the
summer months and close to 70 per
cent of the donors during the school
year.
The slow times of the year hit when
university students leave town, Kiefer
Barton said. The University Plasma
Center is located at 1442 O St.
Brent Hoogner, manager trainee at
Lincoln Plasma Corp., said that the
summer has been a slow time for Lin
coln Plasma. Hoogner said part of this
summer's decrease in donations may
be due to the center's recent relocation
from 2021 0 St. to 126 N. 14th St.
An hour and a half
Donating usually takes an hour and
a half, Hoogner said.
The first donation takes longer
because the donor must have a physi
cal, he said.
When donors come to give plasma
vital signs ae checked, tests are given
and a series of medical questions are
asked. The process helps determine if a
person is a safe donor.
People may not donate if their vital
signs fall outside normal ranges, if they
are on certain types of medication or if
blood test results indicate medical
problems. Donating at those times
increases the chance of fainting, dizzi
ness and nausea.
During donation
During the actual donation, whole
blood is removed from the donor's arm.
The blood is then put in a centrifuge
and the plasma is separated from the
red blood cells. The red blood cells,
with a saline solution, are reinfused
into the donor's arm.
The plasma is sent to West Germany
where it is made into vaccines for
hepatitis B and tetanus, and medica
tion for hemophiliacs and shock and
burn patients.
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fers between accounts and balance
inquiries during the Union's normal
operating hours.
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