Dci Biologicals Orlando

If you go early «6 am», On your day off. Ill guarantee you, ll be straight. First time visit for me took about 3 hours, today im going again and see whats up.

Came to donate blood due to mailer that said earn 50 bucks just bring Identification, ss card, and paystub. They made me fill out a form and then told me I can’t donate cause I have too many tattoos. Waste of my time. Ad is misleading.

First lets start off by saying the staff was VERY nice. I would recommend dressing and caring for yourself in a nice clean manner because anytime you care for yourself others will too. I was complimented on my hair, and the ladies had great attitudes. The process takes a while but its worth it because they truly do try their hardest to get you in and out and you can tell. Expect at least 3 hours of wait time for new donors you have to do a physical, amongst other rituals. Great place to earn extra cash the safe and proper way.

I’ve donated here for maybe about 2 months. As time went by, I got fed up with donating here. The online site said that your first time will take about 3 hours, which would include the physical, checking your vitals (weight, hemoglobin levels, etc.) and if those check out, then you get to donate. As Chris said, actually donating will take about 45 minutes to an hour and a half. Let me tell you, that website is wrong. It took 4 hours and 45 minutes on my first visit. I’ve done everything from showing up within 40 minutes before opening to showing up about 3 hours before they close and it always took 2 to 4 hours. Not to donate, but just to get on the freakin’ donor floor! My last donation was on June 1^st (Tuesday) and I don’t regret going back. When I tried to donate on 6/​4, took 3 hours and I didn’t get to donate because they waited too long. I work overnights, so it doesn’t help when they try to handle too many people. Speaking of too many people, this place only does walk-​ins and no appointments. I have since found another center that does appointments that runs things a lot better than DCI.

According to their website if you’re a first time donor it’s best to plan about two hours for your first visit… You’d better plan on being there all day. I arrived at 9:20 am and left at about 2:00 pm. Oh, and I didn’t give any blood. Actually giving blood takes another 45 minutes to an hour and a half. What a joke.