Jill M Z.
Awful first experience
I tried to give plasma for the first time today and it was a terrible experience. I went to the location in St. Paul on Old Hudson rd. We arrived early for our visit and they checked us in then sent us to the waiting room. We sat there for 20 minutes before they called my partner up. I sat another 45 minutes. After 20 minutes they told us all nurses were in a meeting and it would be another 20 minutes. Why couldn’t they have told us this when we checked in? The woman who took my info couldn’t get a fingerprint and demanded my ss number visually. She said I couldn’t be seen. I found it but she put me back in line. Then you have to do your med history on a computer- which you need a fingerprint to do! It was so stupid because then a nurse sees you , hands you goldfish crackers and water because “this will take awhile.” After going through everything she said I couldn’t be seen because I fainted 8 yrs ago and have sleep apnea! She said I need written notes from my drs. I work in healthcare and this is the worst process ever! The app says nothing about the two things I supposedly have that are so serious I can’t donate. Overall the staff was unfriendly and rude. I will never give them my precious plasma after wasting 2 hours of my time! Zero stars



