The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service produces a number of leaflets about giving blood. These materials are available at blood donor centres and community sessions across Scotland.
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After giving blood (post-donation card)
This leaflet tells you how to look after yourself after you’ve given blood. It also gives information on contacting the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service.
Bruising: Advice for donors
Bruising is a recognised complication of giving blood, although for most affected donors, it is not serious and clears up over a few days. This leaflet tells you how to help prevent bruising, and what to do if you bruise after giving blood.
Corporate welcome pack
Our corporate welcome pack gives you information on organising giving blood with your workmates. This can be part of a corporate appointment at your regional donor centre or local community session.
Data protection notice
Our data protection notice is a guide to tell you more about the way we collect, store and use personal information about you following your registration as a blood donor. It also tells you what your rights are under data protection law; how you can request to see your information; and what to do if...
Donor health check form (sample)
Every blood donor has to fill in a form giving information about themselves and their medical history each time they come to give blood. This sample leaflet shows you what the form looks like and the questions asked, but is watermarked, and cannot be used.
Eligibility queries
The eligibility queries leaflet gives more information on why you may not be able to donate on any given day, and what happens next if your eligibility criteria answers flag further action.
Fainting: Advice for donors
Occasionally a donor feels sick or dizzy after giving blood, and on rare occasions they may actually faint. This leaflet tells you what to do if you feel faint while giving blood, and how to help prevent it happening.
FAIR Equality Impact Assessment
The FAIR equality impact assessment records the processes designed to ensure that the FAIR process does not unlawfully discriminate against any protected characteristic.
FAIR Report
This is the full report of the findings of the FAIR (For the Assessment of Individualised Risk group, which carried out a review to understand the highest risk sexual behaviours for acquiring blood-borne sexually transmitted infections.
FAIR Report (Executive summary)
This is the executive summary of the findings of the FAIR (For the Assessment of Individualised Risk group, which carried out a review to understand the highest risk sexual behaviours for acquiring blood-borne sexually transmitted infections.