Ev donates plasma. Is that the same thing?
You can donate whole blood every six to eight weeks, platelets every two weeks, and I am not sure about plasma. I'm not sure what plasma is, but it is not platelets, which are used by the blood for clotting. Each of these is needed by different types of patients. Let me look it up, now that you've gotten my curiosity going, LOL!
Here is what one site says:
Over a million hospital patients use plasma therapies each year. The listed products represent only a portion of the products manufactured from plasma.
Albumin—120,000 burn victims per year rely on the use of Albumin and 200,000 heart surgery patients receive Albumin for fluid replacement. Generally, Albumin is used as a body fluid replacement. Albumin is also often used as an ingredient in the manufacture of many biotechnology products.
AHF—Antihemophilic Factor is used in the treatment of the bleeding disorder. There are approximately 420,000 individuals with hemophilia worldwide.
Immune Globulin—The major globulin product is Intravenous Immune Globulin (IVIG), which is used to treat individuals exposed to infectious disease when no vaccine is available. Immune Globulin products are also used in the treatment of hepatitis, measles, rabies, rubella, tetanus, smallpox and chicken pox. In addition, several hundred infant deaths are prevented annually through the use of Rh Immune Globulin prepared from plasma.
Plasma Protein Factor— Is prescribed for the restoration of plasma volume subsequent to shock, trauma, or disease.