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Your tissue type is entered into a national database. When a patient needs a donor, their tissue type will be compared to all the tissue types on the registry. If you match with a patient, you will be contacted for another blood sample to confirm the match and asked if you are prepared to be a donor. Only 1 in 10,000 will be asked to donate in any one year.
