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    If you have surgery why can't you donate plasma for 1 year?

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         I believe this is because if you had to receive blood during the surgery, it could have been contaminated with HIV or other viruses like hepatitis B or C.  Granted, all blood products are screened at donation for viruses, but there's a window of infection in a person when the virus can't be detected.  For example, a donor could have been infected with HIV a week or two before he donated, and his blood won't test positive for HIV at that point.  If that blood was then given to you, a year gives your body plenty of time to test positive for HIV if it's there.



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