Are you Rh-negative?

You may be eligible for our Anti-D specialty plasma program

KEDPLASMA plays a major role in screening and collecting blood plasma from Rh-negative donors, enabling the production of a life-saving therapy for babies.

Are you Rh-negative?

You may be eligible for our Anti-D specialty plasma program

KEDPLASMA plays a major role in screening and collecting blood plasma from Rh-negative donors, enabling the production of a life-saving therapy for babies.

Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn

If you have Rh-negative blood, you may already know that you are among a select group of people. You may also know that for pregnant women, being Rh-negative can threaten the lives of their unborn children.

Many women have learned that a disease called hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN) can occur when an Rh-negative mother’s immune system produces antibodies that attach to the red blood cells of her Rh-positive baby. The resulting loss or serious illness of the child is understandably devastating to the mother and her family.

What your Rh-negative blood can do

KEDPLASMA plays a major role in screening and collecting blood plasma from Rh-negative donors, enabling the production of a life-saving therapy. This breakthrough product is injected into the mother during her pregnancy to prevent Rh-sensitization which can lead to HDN. With the help of dedicated plasma donors, millions of Rh-negative mothers and their babies have been protected against potential HDN, thanks to the availability and use of these life-saving therapies.

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DID YOU KNOW: Prior to the use of Anti-D plasma therapies in 1968, approximately 10,000 babies died annually in the U.S. Today, it is almost totally preventable and deaths are exceedingly rare.

Save the lives of many babies with each donation

Those of us who know the tenderness shared between parents and their newborn baby wouldn’t trade that joy for anything. Imagine preventing the devastation and pain of losing a baby by taking about an hour of your time to donate. If you qualify, you can donate plasma up to twice a week, protecting numerous babies with each donation.

Are you qualified?

Not all Rh-negative men and women qualify for the Anti-D Program for a variety of reasons. If you want to donate plasma for the program, you must meet the criteria below in order to be scheduled for a phone interview:

Be Rh-negative

Don’t know your blood type or rhesus factor? Come in for a no-cost to you screening to determine your eligibility to donate in the Anti-D Program.

Be in good health

Men and women between the ages of 18 and 66 (people over the age of 66 require physician approval).

Women must be postmenopausal or surgically sterile by tubal ligation or hysterectomy.

If you are taking prescription medication, our medical staff will determine if the reasons you are taking the prescription(s) will affect your eligibility to donate plasma in the Anti-D Program.

Centers offering the Anti-D Program

If you meet the minimum requirements listed above, please contact us directly to be put in touch with one of our specialized centers.

  • Somerset Labs (Buffalo, NY area): 716-631-1281
  • Augusta, GA: 706-733-9158
  • Lincoln, NE: 402-438-4466
  • Mobile-Moffett, AL: 251-318-2000
  • Mobile-Montlimar, AL: 251-479-2224
  • Pensacola, FL: 850-476-7999
  • Youngstown, OH: 330-746-8879

Other specialty programs

Did you know that the antibodies in your plasma can be used in a wide range of medications? In order to help people suffering from various diseases and conditions, we have created our Specialty Plasma Donation Programs.

Find your nearest donation center

KEDPLASMA has over 30 centers across the country. Find out which of our locations is closest to you.