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Originally Posted by cme01
My assumption was that 1 donor gives 1 unit.
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That's my understanding too, for whole blood donations. At our hospital they don't take less than 1 unit or more than 1 unit. With platelets, on the other hand, it's possible to donate more than 1 unit at once since the donor doesn't lose the volume of fluid that he/she does with a blood donation.
Blood donors have to wait a couple of months between donations but exceptions are made for directed donations, such as to a relative. That means that, in theory, they could combine the whole blood from 2 donations made by the same person, but I've never heard of that happening. I think it's safe to assume that if you get 1 unit of whole blood it's from 1 person and if you get 2 units of whole blood it's from 2 people.
Let us know how the meeting goes, Chirley. Maybe you'll still have a choice in the matter.