The Blood Center (Business Offices)

Sarah N

I donated last night , October 23 at the Mortuary. Have donated before and everyone always professional. The team last night went above and beyond. They were awesome. Thank you for providing such caring professional staff. One thing I would like to bring attention to is outsider lights on the blood mobile. Someone was outside but it was really dark.

TERRANCE PITRE

I donate 12 gallons through the years. Like to know my first visit back in days. Blood center on Judge Perez Dr. arabi, Louisiana 70032. Last week did a pint.

Alicia M.

This seemed to be the most appropriate place to write my review since I visited a blood mobile and not an actual blood donation location. The Blood Center did a blood drive at my apartment complex and I decided to sign up since it was super convenient. On the day of, I completed the pre-donation questions online and took a QR code to speed up the check in process. I selected the first appointment because I wanted to minimize any possible exposure to Covid 19. I arrived at 12:57pm for a 1pm appointment. They weren’t ready for me so I hung around outside. When I finally entered the blood mobile (about 20 minutes later), it was tiny and it took them forever to check me in because the computer was so slow. After check-in, I was led to a tiny room (maybe 3 feet by 3 feet) to meet with one of the staff. I was uncomfortable because it’s impossible to socially distance in a room that tiny. The computer in that room was slow too and I was in there approximately 20 minutes. The blood donation process was fairly efficient. When I finished, I was asked to sit at the front for 5-10 minutes to ensure there were no adverse reactions. I get it, but that was not desirable due to Covid. The lady tried to force me to eat a snack and drink some juice while waiting. I had to keep telling her no because I didn’t want to take my mask off in that tiny space. Overall, The Blood Center needs to work on improving their Covid practices and upgrading their old and slow computer equipment. Some bonuses of giving blood here include getting your cholesterol level and also finding out whether you have Covid antibodies. I also got a cool Christmas themed t-shirt. I enjoy giving blood, but am not sure I’d donate here again.