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You cannot donate if your tattoo is less than 12 months old.

It is not a written history or a medical record if it is on a non-regulated form. (i.e. a blank page or the back of another form) Additionally, that is why the terp must be working for the company.

Most places for blood donation do not have needles smaller than 18 gauge. This is because the larger gauge allows for more blood to come through so that the donation does not take an hour. Plus, if the needle is too small the high pressure over a long period of time could cause some lysis (the...

Need to be 110 lbs

I found a FDA page that says they can donate without an interpreter, but if there are questions that could make it so the person cannot donate (i.e. a new tattoo, possible diseases, taking medications, et cetera) must be conversed through an interpreter. The questionnaires ask relatively...

No, I work for the company and was talking to the General Manager about it. It was mentioned in our standard operating procedures, but it was in reference to all languages. I asked in regards to ASL, since this is what I know, and they said it is the same case. I also brought up the writing down...

At this company they are literally not allowed to take blood from a Deaf person if there is not a interpreter. They can get serious fines if they do and the regulatory groups (FDA, AABB, et cetera) find out.

no, what I am saying is that they are not allowed to write questions down on a piece of paper because the paper could get lost and that could go against the persons privacy rights. The questions are asked on a specific form that would be filled out by the person, but if clarity is needed the...

Claity... It is for the medical history questions. So if they need to ask any questions they cannot write them down because of confidentiality laws.

So, I wrote up this big long blog saying hi, but my internet decided to not like me and not take it. :shock: So this one will be a bit shorter :) Hi, my name is Lori. I live in Santa Monica. I am 21, hearing, and have taken extensive classes in ASL. I started out the classes to fill some...

I heard about that! Are they actually performing it, or are they just showing the movie?

Would you like to give the gift of life, but aren't sure what you can do? Donate blood. With blood donation companies they are unable to allow people to donate unless someone on staff knows the person's language of choice. This means Spanish, English, Japanese, ASL, et cetera. This is because...