Good Blood Donation Tips

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As a blood donor, there are certain steps you can take to help make your donation experience as safe, successful and pleasant as possible. Here are a few recommendations.

Before Your Donation:

• Get a good night's sleep.
• Eat a good breakfast or lunch.
• Drink extra water and fluids to replace the volume you will donate, but avoid caffeinated beverages.
• Eat iron-rich foods to boost your iron level.
• Avoid fatty foods. Tests for infections done on donated products can be affected by fatty materials.
• If you are an automated donor, get plenty of calcium-rich foods and drinks for a few days prior to your donation.
• If you are a platelet donor, remember that your system must be free of aspirin for two days prior to donation.

During Your Donation:

• Let the phlebotomist know if you have a preferred arm.
• Relax and think about the people you are helping!

After Your Donation:

• Drink plenty of fluids over the next 24-48 hours to replenish what you lost during donation.
• Avoid strenuous activity or heavy lifting for several hours.
• If you feel light-headed, lie down with your feet up.
• If for any reason, something doesn't feel right, speak to doctor on duty immediately.
• Enjoy the feeling of knowing you helped save lives!

We request every Indian Blood Donor to register them self at Indian Blood Donor website, India is a country of over one billion people and Blood Donation in India is very poor but India blood donors websites are getting very good response from Indian Blood Donors and Blood donors out side of India, So if you are blood donor in India or abroad please register your self at any Indian Blood Donor website. Remember Indian Blood Donors can save Life by blood donation in India.