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Old Sep 7, 2016, 1:09 pm
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djk7
 
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Originally Posted by goalie
I knew about the increase in the hemoglobin minimum for males as my last donation was in June where I was well above the limit but this time, I wasn't even close
I wasn't aware of a change in the requirement, but my blood bank changed to a new method that doesn't involve pricking a finger, it just attaches to your thumb, like this one: http://www.orsense.com/files/files/N...re-website.pdf

It read about 1 1/2 points higher than any reading I've had in years, and on top of that I was diagnosed as being anemic less than a month afterwards, so it seems wildly optimistic. That should help to greatly reduce the number of people they have to turn away.
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