Octapharma Plasma Charlottesville, VA

Awesome! This is the first time i've ever been ALLOWED to donate to the red cross. I'm as Gay???????????????????? as the day is long. My first experience with the red cross was in high school when I got turned away publicly like I had AIDs at 15. But I did have a boyfriend so I answered their questions. As such, walking in at 21 even with the FDA law change had me a little apprehensive... The receptionist was bubbly and crocheted. (When they weren't busy ??) The Phlebotomists were incredible. They o

The experience was ok-ish. The employees were polite but they don't seem to like their jobs. As a donor, I should be welcomed instead of tolerated! My main problem is that I am the recipient of constant emails and phone calls to donate again. I would suggest that you drop the marketing and use the savings to give your employees raises and better working conditions so that your clients will feel good about the experience and come back on their own.

I've donated gallons of blood for over ten years. I donated while I lived in Michigan, while I served all over the US in the active duty Army, and when I moved to Virginia. I have O- blood (universal donor), so it's very precious in times of great need. I always give when I can. This donation center sucks. Bad. I've driven here six times and have given blood three times I believe. First time, my blood pressure was too high. I checked the American red cross site, which told me the donation center was wrong t

This blood donation place really disappointed me. I purposely brought my mom to donate blood as she had intended to donate last month. The people who served my mom that day recommended her well. But on that day, she didn't have all the paperwork so she couldn't donate blood. On July 13, my mom and I brought the required documents to fill in the paperwork they needed. But today's response from them greatly disappointed me and my mom. They said to me and my mom "People who can't speak English can't donat

TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. Don't even bother going through the doors. They look at you like "Why are you bothering me?". They lied about my blood pressure being too high (because I'm a bigger woman) so they wouldn't have to WORK. What a shame! I was going to give platelets. (I immediately went across the street at Harris Teeter and had the machine take my blood pressure twice. Guess what? Both times the bottom number was 76.) I can understand why the Red Cross is so desperate for blood now. Who wants to

I'm with the reviewer who mentioned the robo calls. I worked for months to get on the do not call list when they were Virginia Blood Services. Then Red Cross buys VBS and somehow my number goes back onto the ?call and bother mercilessly? list. It's not that I mind being reminded. I told them they were free to email and even text me. But. THE. CALLS. DONT. STOP. Then, to add the final straw, they called me (again a robo recorded call)... ON THANKSGIVING DAY. GFY RC. You'll never see another drop from me.

I've donated every two months since 2013, I've got loads of points built up, get their app for help remembering and setting up appointments. Staff is a perfectly lovely group of people, honestly why would you review a blood donation place negatively? They get paid not that much to do the dirty work of making sure there is blood when you or someone you loves needs it, do your part and donate.

Red Cross Blood donation center in Albemarle Square: Under former management, this was a great facility with good people and a good process. Under the Red Cross management, it has fallen apart. Unpleasant staff, poor online registration process, delays when coming in with an appointment. Donating blood should be an easy and efficient process and good overall experience for the donor, particularly when the Red Cross is selling that donated blood with good margins. There needs to be another option in Cha

Angela Smith was extremely sweet and very efficient!!

Don't get on their calling list as they will robo call you endlessly, we are getting a minimum of three calls per week. What makes it even worse is that they can't use our blood as we lived in England when there was a concern about "Mad Cow" disease although we never had it.

Drove 35 minutes on my day off to give blood that their practically harassing me for and they tell me they don't have time because they're short staffed. I get it, stuff happens but there is no excuse for not notifying people if you're unable to meet your time slots.

Always a good experience and if there is a situation they are trained to handle it!

I miss Virginia blood services. They were so much better to deal with. The red Cross makes it so difficult to donate.

This is the best place to do therapeutic blood donations. This is how the red cross should be run!

Do the Rapid Pass. You gotta answer the questions sometime, so why not ahead of time?

Very friendly and experienced staff