General Requirements
- Age: 18 years old
- Weight: At least 110 pounds
- Diet: A well balanced meal is recommended within four hours of donation
- Health: General good health, feeling well on day of donation
- Identification: Valid photo identification such as a driver’s license, state identification card, passport, other photo ID, etc.
Do not donate if any of the following applies to you
- You are a man who has had sex with another man even one time since 1977.
- You are a past or present intravenous drug abuser.
- You are a man or woman who has given or received money or drugs for engaging in sex since 1977.
- You are a person with hemophilia who has received clotting factor concentrates.
- You have been a sexual partner of any of the above, within the past 12 months.
Do not donate if any of the following apply to you
- AIDS: You are a person with symptoms or laboratory evidence of HIV infection.
- Cancer: Malignant Melanoma, hematological, cancers such as Hodgkin’s Disease, leukemia, lymphomas, other malignant tumors
- Hepatitis: A history of viral hepatitis after the age of 11, or a positive lab test for the virus
- Organ Failure: Kidney, heart, lung, or liver failure
- Recreational Drug Use (by injection): Having injected yourself with drugs not prescribed by a physician
- United Kingdom: You have visited or lived in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, Gibraltar or Falkland Islands for a total of 3 months or more from 1980 thru 1996.
- Europe: If you have spent a cumulative of 5 years or more anywhere in Europe since 1980.
- U.S. Military/Dependents/Civilian Military Employee: If you have spent a cumulative of six months or more between 1980 thru 1996, on a military base in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Italy, or Greece.
- Travel: Travel to certain countries may temporarily restrict you from donating blood.
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You may need to wait before donating blood if you have any of these conditions
Conditions
- Allergy…No wait
- Abortion/Miscarriage…6 week wait if pregnancy terminated in 3rd trimester, otherwise no wait
- Acupuncture…Can donate if single-use equipment is used (documented)
- Alcohol Consumption…no wait unless intoxicated
- Anemia (past diagnosis)…no wait if corrected
- Blood Donation, Apheresis…48 hours
- Blood Donation, Whole Blood…8 weeks
- Cancers…at the discretion of Blood Bank’s Medical Doctor
- Cold…if symptom free for 72 hours
- Cough…No wait if no sore throat or fever
- Diabetes…No wait if medically controlled and not dependent on insulin
- Ear and Body piercing…12 months
- Electrolysis…See Acupuncture
- Gonorrhea…12 months
- Heart Disease (no heart medications):
- Angina or Heart Attack (MI)-written approval of doctor
- Angioplasty or bypass surgery…12 months
- Hepatitis Contact…depends on type of contact
- Herpes…Free of fever/systemic symptoms
- High Blood Pressure…must be <180/<100
- Immigration from malarial area…3 years
- Malaria…3 years
- Pregnancy…6 weeks after delivery
- Recent Surgery…when released from MD’s care & depends on type of surgery
- Sore Throat…until well, no symptoms
- Syphilis…12 months
- Tattoo…12 months
- Travel to malarial area…12 months
Immunizations/Vaccines (shots)
- Flu/Pneumonia, allergy shots…No Wait
- Hepatitis A & B…24 hours
- MMR, Rubella (German Measles)…4 weeks
- Tetanus, Pertussis, Diptheria, Typhoid, and Cholera…No wait
- TB Skin test…no wait if no redness or swelling
- Rubeola (measles), Yellow fever, Mumps, and Oral Polio…2 weeks
- Varicella (Chicken Pox)…4 weeks
Medications
- Accutane…1 month after therapy complete
- Allergy medications…No wait
- Aspirin…36 hours for platelet donation
- Antibiotics…24 hours after last dose (if for acne, no wait)
- Flagyl…No wait
- High blood pressure medicine…No wait
- Oral Contraceptives…No wait
- Propecia…1 month after last dose
- Proscar…1 month after last dose
- Tegison (for Psoriasis)…Permanently deferred
- Tetracycline (for acne)…No wait
- Vitamins…No wait
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