Types Of Donations

There are four ways of donating blood, whole blood, platelets, red blood cells, and plasma. At Solomon Park Research Laboratories, we only ask for whole blood donations. And we spin out the blood donations into individual components like human serum, plasma, platelets, white blood cells or PBMCs (Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells), and red blood cells or packed cells.

100% of your donation is used for medical research programs and calibration and control test kits. We do not waste any part of your whole blood donation.

In essence, whole blood is the blood that flows through your veins and arteries in its entirety. It includes red blood cells, white blood cells, human serum, and platelets, all suspended in plasma.

Why should you donate whole blood?

Whole blood is the most adaptable donation-type. It can be transfused in its pure form. Or, it can be separated out into its distinct elements, red cells, plasma, and platelets.

Solomon Park Research Laboratories spins the blood out into its separate parts and configures each for different uses, all to save lives and improve the overall health of humankind.

While Solomon Park mainly uses human serum for their control and calibration test kits, they also supply whole blood and blood components, including recovered plasma, to medical research programs that conduct studies on improving the quality of life for every person on this planet.

Our blood products are used just before the start of human trials; thereby, facilitating the research and development of new drugs and medical procedures to improve global human health.

As with all blood donations, before donating whole blood, you need to go through a screening process. For more information about your eligibility to donate whole blood to Solomon Park Research Labs, contact us now. We will assist you with the minimum requirements.

Plasma is the largest constituent of human blood. It makes up about 55% of the blood’s overall content. And it consists of water, salts, and enzymes. Its principal purpose is to carry nutrients, hormones, and proteins to the rest of the body. Plasma also helps remove waste products that the body’s cells put back into the plasma. Finally, blood plasma carries the other elements, namely, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets throughout the human circulatory system.

Platelets are minute cells in your blood that have clotting or coagulation abilities. We provide the platelets that are part of a whole blood donation to medical research programs.

Red blood cells, or packed cells, are used in research projects such as the 1990 research study that looked at the “distant mental influence of rate of hemolysis of human red blood cells.” In summary, 20 tubes of red blood cells were submitted to osmotic stress, while 10 tubes acted as noninfluence controls. This study aimed to determine what role psi (or blood pressure) plays in the human body’s ability to self heal.

Without your blood donations, research laboratories like Solomon Park would not be able to contribute to vital medical research studies that aim to improve human health.

Contact us now to find out about our blood donation program.