Thanks for the reminders. I used to donate blood until a mobile red cross unit nurse convinced me to try a double red donation. The next time I went I was told that I was postive for Hep C surface antigen and not to donate again. My blood went into a machine and the plasma came back in, I wondered where I could have been exposed? You would think the separation machine and tubes would be new every time? No one I know has told me that they had or were exposed to Hep C. Would I even know?
Thanks for the reminders. I used to donate blood until a mobile red cross unit nurse convinced me to try a double red donation. The next time I went I was told that I was postive for Hep C surface antigen and not to donate again. My blood went into a machine and the plasma came back in, I wondered where I could have been exposed? You would think the separation machine and tubes would be new every time? No one I know has told me that they had or were exposed to Hep C. Would I even know?