Talecris Plasma Resources

There the fastest plasma center in Las Vegas but I hate this place wish I could go back to Biomat.

Let’s be honest, 99.9% of the time you don’t visit a plasma donation clinic unless you’re short of a few pennies (well several dollars, but you get the picture!).
New donors can expect to wait 3 hours from walking through the door to walking out of the door. Repeat donors can expect 1.5−2 hours (unless it’s peak hours!).
Typically, the upstairs area is slow off the mark, downstairs seems more productive, so there is this huge bottleneck upstairs before you are filtered downstairs to hand over your plasma.
My gripe with this location, given the expected clientele, is that the staff are very bad at controlling them. People play music loudly, swear loudly, talk about doing drugs openly, fall asleep in the waiting room, sneak outside for cigarettes once checked in etc. the staff just ignore it all, do not say anything and it just seems like a huge cattle market. To their detriment, the older lady with shoulder length hair and glasses doesn’t stand for any of this and plays her role well, the reason why I give two stars instead of one. The rest of the staff either ignore it or play into the poor behaviour of the clientele, either or rapport or respect or out of fear, I have no idea. As a customer, I don’t want to put up with this atmosphere while waiting to donate and I shouldn’t have to.

This is the second plasma center I have visited in Las Vegas. It is very clean, comfortable and nice. The staff was very professional and courteous. Donating plasma is a nice way to make an extra $ 300 to $ 400 a month for a worthy cause. I would personally only trust Talecris or Biomat in Las Vegas … same ownership!!!

I use to be a regular here some years back and the experience was great… I went back recently and My experience was harrowing to say the least… First I should say that Lee the black guy running things there was exceptional and went above and Beyond (Thanx) Now the first time is always the longest (5hrs)like really though? ain’t half them cma’s anyway they need all this time to do what? A physical… get real #TimeConsumming The Latina nurse I had was very nice, Attentive and Humorous even the new girl whom I think name was lacy… was Doing her best to get it right… Now I Hate to be the Black girl who has to point out the White person but here we Go… During my second visit which they emphasize Is more important than the first. they supposedly noticed some bruising around the site… there was no bruising at least not from a puncture. it was from the wrap they put around your arm sooo tightly when u leave u think your arm is going to fall off… in addition I Bruise easily I could’ve been in a fight And been the victor and I’d look like the victim lol. Nevertheless this nurse needed to Take a look the site… Well after waiting and waiting and waiting, being over looked and shuffled around all nonchalant like and 40+ people later… This nurse said it would be an additional 20 minutes I waited 40 and was Rudely told well these people were Before for u… Well actually they weren’t as a matter of fact all these people are New as of 2 hours ago and none of them were here before me… After that Disregard I was DONE… Fast forward a couple days Things went somewhat more smoothly. got to the Donating area without incident. Going thru the process my machine wouldn’t return my blood as I have small veins… when this happens it must be corrected as I stand to lose a significant amount of blood and unable to donate for 7 weeks thus losing money… Well this Excellent, Attentive nurse decided to take her Sweet time responding as if her job isn’t her first priority ‘in the work place”…I lost All that blood as it clotted and the ability to Donate… Good thing I have a Job and didn’t need to feed my Family with that Money as Some people do… If she ever gets off her Huge
Butt to get off that High horse she’s on Maybe One day she’d consider that… Soooo Thanx Lady… Don’t waste your time if u Value it Cause she won’t

The Good: They pay you.
The Bad: Everything else.
After coming here, you will endure any and everything UBS, ARC, and any other non-​profit and whatever they will put you through, and also gain an unyielding appreciation for their professionalism, care/​concern for your own well-​being, and plain olé’ amenities like those tiny bottles of water.
So here at TPS they pay you here for your plasma. What you get depends on how much you can give, according to gender/​weight. It’s like 40 – 60 $ or so, I think. It may or may not be worth it to you, depending on your financial situation, or how much you time you have to waste, especially during your initial visit.
The first time takes about four-​six hours, because they have to give you a physical and fill out an extensive questionnaire, et. cetera. Not to mention they are absurdly slow and unabashedly unconcerned with wasting your time. After that they are supposed to be a lot quicker about it. You are allowed to ‘donate’ (sell) two times per week.
You are not allowed to do much after they stick you. You are «permitted» to read a book but the tvs they have blaring Jerry Springer (and other similar programming) does not allow you to concentrate very much unless you are monk or monk-​like. You are not permitted to have earbuds in to cancel out that noise. You are not allowed to close your eyes or cross your feet.
Let me repeat that again: you are not permitted, even though you are obviously a grown adult, to cross your feet. Closing your eyes may make sense; they don’t want to be worried about checking several ‘donors’ who may or may not be sleeping if they are still living or not, liability and all that shit, but crossing your feet (?). What. The. Fuck.
You will be given no squeeze ball. You will not get your arm wrapped — even though a hole in your arm was created for a good while (an hour?). No cookie, no water. Not even an insincere thank you. Nada.
You get a code to go to a ATM-​like machine and get your cash money. Then you can sign up for a specific date/​time to do it again, if you are a masochist. Or REALLY need the money.
I recommend this to anyone who thinks that donating at United Blood Services is rough or unpleasant; you will never look at UBS the same again after Talecris. WARNING: You may kiss your phlebologist at UBS the next time you donate after coming to Talecris. — E