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Business Wednesday, April 30, 1986 g ??THE {]{IttCKmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmHMmmmmmmmmHmmmmBmmmmmmmmatmBmmmtmmmmmmmnmmsnmmm Students give By MARIA FRATUS Business editor Some students have found an easy way to make a quick $20 ? they give plasma. The Hyland Plasma Center at 1620 Gervais St. is offering $20 to first-time donors and lias provided a means for students to make extra money foi the past seven years. Diana Alegre, a management w>nhnnw?m ?j v , donated her plasma eight times in a two-month period because she was broke and didn't have time to get a job. "I only had time foi that, and 1 didn't want to ask my parents for money," she said. l ite process, which takes about 90 minutes, requires donors to give two units of whole blood, according to Bunty Volls, assistant manager of the center. ^ Blood removed from a donor is spun in a centrifuge, which separates plasma from red blood cells. The blood is then put back into the donor, Volls said. "When blood goes back in, it's real cold because they put it in some machine," Alegre said. The center takes many precautions to ensure the right blood goes back into the right person. "1 was worried about the parr where they said it would be fatal if they put the wrong blood back in," but they check your name and social srmritv nnmhrr times, said Lynn Smith, a physics freshman who has donated five times. Smith said she spoke to the nurses and read the pamphlet so she felt better about the procedure, although some of her friends don't understand why she does it. "Some people can't see how we can lay there with a needle in us the whole time." The center pays donors $9 per visit and $20 to first-time donors with a coupon, according to Volls. "An hour and a hall for $9 is not a bad wage rate," she said. The center also gives $5 finder fees for bringing a friend to donate and a $10 bonus to individuals who donate ?hrec consecutive times. B9 kinko': ? IMHhhHHI. 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Lynn Smith Physics freshman I he Federal Drug Administration allows people to donate twice in a seven-day period with at least 48 hours between each donation. "They really look after your health," Smith said. Before people are allowed to give plasma, they must pass a physical examination given hy a physician at the center to make sure they are healthy and have no medical background that would disqualify them, Volls said. People who have had hepatitis or are part of the high-risk AIDS group are not allowed to give plasma.. Donors must be 18 years old and weigh at least 110 pounds. "I always ate trying to weigh 110," Alegre said. Flach time donors go to the center, their weight, blood pressure and temperature arc taken and their blood is tested by pricking thier finger, Volls said. " I he Federal Drug Administration sets the rules to protect the donor." The center prefers college students because they arc generally young, healthy and in need of money, according to Volls. 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