VHDA Flexible Alternative: LP and DU approvals will also be accepted for VHDA's Flexible Alternative. The loans are to be input as either a Flex 97 (DU) or an Alt 97( LP) loan program. The approval also applies to credit qualifying issues only (i.e. credit, ratios, employment).
A. You can safely donate your whole blood every 8 weeks, automated red cells every 16 weeks, platelets every 3 days up to 24 times each year, and plasma every 28 days. A. Eat at your regular meal times and drink plenty of fluids before donating.
Plasma is collected simultaneously with a platelet donation and is collected at select American Red Cross Blood Donation Centers only. You can donate every 28 days, up to 13 times per year. The average donation takes 1 hour and 15 minutes. If you are a platelet/plasma donor, you can still give regular whole blood or Power Red.