Department of Transfusion &Tissue Medicine of the Brno University Hospital

I have been coming here to donate blood since 2017 and I have not come across a reason to complain in the whole time. The staff is always friendly, they try to accommodate and give the person a feeling that he is not doing it unnecessarily. Blood collection takes about an hour with everything, plasma takes a few minutes longer (although the collection is longer, but thanks to this, a person has priority over the collection of samples, etc.). When there was a major delay, it was a system outage or something the staff of the transfusion department could not control, but they managed everything in peace. The only minus is ordering. Usually I have to order at least 2 weeks in advance, because the dates are very busy. This also increases the chance that I will catch a tick or a cold by then, and I have to cancel my reservation.

I go to give blood and plasma regularly (today 32 sampling). Everything is fine. The staff is great. Sisters willing. Sometimes it happens that you wait and there are not many people. Today mega fast ?

The Brno branch for blood donation offers almost everything a donor could request. Everything is very systematically divided and there is peace and order. The staff is professional, friendly and prompt (when there is enough). One thing that bothers me a little is the paid parking lot, where you pay 20 crowns per hour. And then online registration doesn't work. But at worst, it can still be ordered over the phone as before. Otherwise, I rate it very positively and I am happy to return here for another blood donation. A quick overview of how the subscription works: Right at the entrance there is a reception where you put away your coat or bag, hand over your card about the donor, or if you are going for the first time, you will receive the card after a successful first collection. Then the lady will sit you in the waiting room with a form to fill out. In the meantime, they check your information and will soon call you at a window (if you are going for the first time, it will definitely take longer) where you submit the completed form and confirm your card information, or answer any questions about the completed form. Then the nurse will send you to another waiting room, separate from the previous one, where you wait for another nurse to call you when you hear the name, you will go for a test injection. Here you will offer a hand to test your blood, it is always the second one with which you go for the actual collection, so if you have registered which hand the people in front of you had, you can (if you have veins on both hands of the same quality) skip a few people who will be waiting for the other hand, as there is only one storage area (per hand) on the sampling seats. This action takes about a minute and your nurse sends you back to the waiting room. You will now be waiting for your verified form and before they do your blood test (around 5-10 minutes). Once he receives the form, you will step in front of a door that glows green / red (depending on whether it is free or not). When it's free, you enter, a doctor is waiting here to take your blood pressure, go through the form with you and tell you the blood results (they do a blood test, every fat you eat for breakfast can push you to the point where yours won't take it anymore) . When everything is in order, you go for voluntary refreshments. There is a croissant, tea, water and bar stools. This section is voluntary but recommended. Then you go in front of the collection hall, where you wash your hands thoroughly, including your forearms. Then you hand over your card to the nurse. Here you will receive a meal voucher and two vending machine chips waiting for you after collection. Then you sit down and wait for them to call you. They will call you in a short time, lie down in the hall, clench your fist and then inject you. 450 ml of blood are taken. When everything is in order, after the collection you will stay on a lounger to make sure that you are not sick, etc. and then you can go away from the hall to the vending machine. When you have a snack, you go back to the reception where you were at the beginning. You will receive your coat or bag, confirmation and a tax rebate (if you need one). A voucher for a hospital pharmacy to buy vitamins is also optional.

Nice and professional staff, everything treads like wire. The whole process takes place exactly as described on the web, without any confusion and insidiousness. Go donate. :))

I have been going regularly for several years and I do not intend to change anything about it. All of the staff are very nice, helpful, but of course also professional. The subscription process itself does not need to be described, other reviewers have already done so. Just to be sure, parking is free for donors (even if you are denied that day). All you have to do is have a parking ticket confirmed in the locker room and then just show it to the car park security guard. As a bonus before the collection, you receive two tokens for the vending machine with food and food + a CZK 100 meal voucher, which you can use anywhere or you can use, for example, in Mitte, where you will receive a convenient donor menu. :)