That’s a HIPAA violation in the US. It’s a huge mistake. Hospitals lose cases in the millions over one.
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trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Is there any place that even let’s you know that your blood has been used and who received it? That seems needlessly risky.
spicytuna62@lemmy.world 2 months ago
drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 2 months ago
Where I give blood just tells you when its sent to a hospital and which hospital got it.
I’ll do a quick look up of the hospital if its one I haven’t seen before, but other than that I have no idea who got it.
hOrni@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Not in my country. I just give blood, get free chocolate and a day off work, that’s all that matters to me.
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I get some cookies, but I have to donate in my free time.
NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Where I am, you get a message when it’s been used, but obviously not any identifying information.
Also I have absolutely no way of knowing if the message is legit or they just tell you that a random time after your donation regardless just to make it feel good and donate again.
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I could see the point in that. Here you don’t even know if the donated blood will be used for research or for life saving operations.