American Red Cross Blood Donation Center 9230 Watson Road, St. Louis, MO 63126

"I had amber as my nurse and she was absolutely amazing! Such a great experience! Thank you amber!"

"Staff are friendly and efficient. Tiff did an amazing job! The time went by so fast. Facility was very clean and maintained."

"I made an appointment for whole blood donation and I couldn’t ask for a better team of staff. The lady up at the reception, and technicians Ms Darlene and Shei were so kind. Everyone made sure that I was comfortable the whole time and constantly checked if I needed anything. The whole process was about 45 minutes or so of which 10 minutes was the actual blood collection"

"I used to enjoy donating blood; after all I work in a hospital. It’s been a long time since I’ve donated but the reason being that the past 3 times I’ve been to this location, I was not eligible to donate because of a low iron level. That was disappointing but what was embarrassing is the looks I got from the employees. When I arrived they were very friendly; however when they saw my iron level after pricking my finger they told me I wasn’t eligible in a very rude tone of voice with eye rolling. They had looks on their faces like I was just wasting their time. Now to this day I still get phone calls from American Red Cross because I have an O blood type but I’m not going to “waste their time” anymore. Just be sure you are absolutely eligible to donate (check your iron levels before coming to this location). I hope everyone else has a better experience than I did because I am no longer interested in this place. Why would I drive up there in the middle of the day just for no reason! I have a life! I was there because I wanted to help people but they will only be respectful to you if you’re eligible to donate. Just trying and having a good heart isn’t enough apparently."

"Had a great experience at this location. Staff was helpful and courteous. There was an issue with drawing from my veins at first, but they asked for additional help from other nurses versus bruising the needle site. I will definitely return and have already scheduled a platelet donation for two weeks later."