Apparently plasma from women is mostly discarded due to antibodies that women that have been pregnant can have which can be harmful. As a result there is no point doing a plasma only donation from a woman. I think they could screen for the antibody but don't for some reason.
Ah that’s interesting and would make sense. I had a young female colleague who went to donate and she couldn’t because they couldn’t get a good enough vein, she’d never given blood before though so I expect she would have had the same issue with that.
Apparently plasma from women is mostly discarded due to antibodies that women that have been pregnant can have which can be harmful. As a result there is no point doing a plasma only donation from a woman. I think they could screen for the antibody but don't for some reason.