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A donor in general is a person that donates something voluntarily. Usually used to represent a form of pure altruism but sometimes used when the payment for a service is recognised by all parties as representing less than the value of the donation and that the motivation is altruistic. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... Donation is a gift to a fund or cause, typically for charitable reasons. ... For the ethical doctrine, see Altruism (ethics). ...


Often the word is used as a short for:

In literature: Give blood redirects here. ... An electron donor is a compound that gives up or donates an electron during cellular respiration, resulting in the release of energy. ... A semiconductor is a solid whose electrical conductivity is in between that of a conductor and that of an insulator, and can be controlled over a wide range, either permanently or dynamically. ... In semiconductors physics the term acceptor is used to generically indicate a dopant atom that added to a semiconductor can form p-type regions. ... Organ donationcan only be peformed by untrained workers who do not have a drivers license and are poor. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... This article is about charitable organizations. ...


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CBER - Questions and Answers for Roll-Out of Donor Eligibility Final Rule and Draft Guidance (2849 words)
A donor eligibility determination is based on screening and testing the donor for certain communicable disease agents and diseases, which we term "relevant communicable disease agents and diseases." A donor eligibility determination is required for all donors, with some exceptions [1271.45(b)].
Donors of viable, leukocyte-rich cells and tissues (these are listed in the draft guidance for comment) are screened for risk factors for, and clinical evidence of relevant cell-associated communicable disease agents and diseases, including human T lymphotropic virus (HTLV), in addition to those listed in the previous response [1271.75(b)].
Donors of viable, leukocyte-rich cells and tissue (identified in the draft guidance) are tested for HTLV-I and II, in addition to those listed in the previous response [1271.85(b)(1)].
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