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  • Plasma: Information about your platelet count

    If your platelet count is too high or too low, you are not eligible to give plasma at this time. This leaflet explains more about your platelet count, what platelets do, and what steps to take next.

  • Plasma: Information about your white blood cell count

    If your white blood cell count is too high or too low, you are not eligible to give plasma at this time. This leaflet explains more about your white blood cell count, what white blood cells do, and what steps to take next.

  • Plasma for Medicines Clinician Leaflet

    This leaflet provides information on Scotland's Plasma for Medicines Programme.

  • Testing for blood-borne infections

    All donations are tested for infection with Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B (past and present), Hepatitis C, Hepatitis E, HIV, HTLV, Syphilis, and high levels of Human Parvovirus B19 (Slapped Cheek syndrome). We may also test for Malaria or West Nile virus. This leaflet tells you how and why these tests are carried out, and what happens in the rare event of a positive test.

  • Tissue donation

    Tissue transplants (including heart valve, tendon, skin and cornea transplants) dramatically improve patients’ quality of life - and can even save lives. Find out more about how tissue donation works, and the difference it can make.

  • Travel information for blood donors

    Travel outside the UK can affect your eligibility to give blood, because you may have been exposed to infectious diseases. We ask all donors about travel outside the UK in the previous 12 months. Our guidelines are updated regularly, so we ask about your travel each time you come to give blood.

  • Troubleshooting the Online Donor Account

    This troubleshooting guide explains the steps to solve some of the most common issues users can have while using the Online Donor Account.

  • Welcome pack

    Our welcome pack gives information on what you need to know as a new blood donor, including preparing to give blood, guidance on blood types, and detail about the people you can help.

  • HPA High specification platelet donors

    Information if you have been identified as an HPA high specification platelet donor.

  • HLA high specification platelet donors

    Information if you have been identified as an HLA high specification platelet donor.

Current blood stock levels across Scotland Thursday 19 June

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A-
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O+
A+
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AB+

We aim to retain 6 days of stocks at any time in order to meet the requirements of patients in Scotland.

Learn more about blood types