High school students and other donors 18 years of age and younger also must meet certain height and weight requirements. At a time when health information has never been more important, the Red Cross is screening all blood, platelet and plasma donations from self-identified African American donors for the sickle cell trait. Blood transfusion is an essential treatment for those with sickle cell disease, and blood donations from individuals of the same race, ethnicity and blood type have a unique ability to help patients fighting sickle cell disease.
Donors can expect to receive sickle cell trait screening results, if applicable, within one to two weeks through the Red Cross Blood Donor App and the online donor portal at RedCrossBlood.
If you have a fever or an active infection, wait until the infection has resolved completely before donating blood. Wait until finished taking oral antibiotics for an infection bacterial or viral.
Wait 10 days after the last antibiotic injection for an infection. Donors with diabetes who take any kind if insulin are eligible to donate as long as their diabetes is well controlled.
Wait 3 months after using IV drugs that were not prescribed by a physician. This requirement is related to concerns about hepatitis and HIV. Malaria is transmitted by the bite of mosquitoes found in certain countries and may be transmitted to patients through blood transfusion. Blood donations are not tested for malaria because there is no sensitive blood test available for malaria.
If you have traveled or lived in a malaria-risk country, we may require a waiting period before you can donate blood. If you have traveled outside of the United States and Canada, your travel destinations will be reviewed at the time of donation. Please, come prepared to discuss your travel details when you donate. You may download the travel form and bring it with you to help in the assessment of your travel.
You can call to speak with an eligibility specialist about your travel. Acceptable if you are healthy and well and have been vaccinated for measles more than 4 weeks ago or were born before If you have not been vaccinated or it has been less than 4 weeks since being vaccinated, wait 4 weeks from the date of the vaccination or exposure before donating.
In almost all cases, medications will not disqualify you as a blood donor. Your eligibility will be based on the reason that the medication was prescribed. As long as the condition is under control and you are healthy, blood donation is usually permitted.
Over-the-counter oral homeopathic medications, herbal remedies, and nutritional supplements are acceptable. There are a handful of drugs that are of special significance in blood donation.
Persons on these drugs have waiting periods following their last dose before they can donate blood:. Wait 3 months after receiving any type of organ transplant from another person. If you ever received a dura mater brain covering transplant, you are not eligible to donate. Learn more about CJD and blood donation. If you ever received a transplant of animal organs or of living animal tissue - you are not eligible to donate blood.
Non-living animal tissues such as bone, tendon, or heart valves are acceptable. Acceptable as long as the instruments used were single-use equipment and disposable which means both the gun and the earring cassette were disposable. Wait 3 months if a piercing was performed using a reusable gun or any reusable instrument. Wait 3 months if there is any question whether or not the instruments used were single-use equipment. This requirement is related to concerns about hepatitis.
Learn more about hepatitis and blood donation. Acceptable as long as your pulse is no more than and no less than A pulse that is regular and less than 50 will require evaluation by the regional American Red Cross physician.
Acceptable if it has been more than 3 months since you completed treatment for syphilis or gonorrhea. Chlamydia, venereal warts human papilloma virus , or genital herpes are not a cause for deferral if you are feeling healthy and well and meet all other eligibility requirements.
Acceptable if you have sickle cell trait. Those with sickle cell disease are not eligible to donate. Learn how blood donations help those affected by Sickle Cell Disease. Acceptable as long as the skin over the vein to be used to collect blood is not affected. If the skin disease has become infected, wait until the infection has cleared before donating. Taking antibiotics to control acne does not disqualify you from donating. It is not necessarily surgery but the underlying condition that precipitated the surgery that requires evaluation before donation.
Evaluation is on a case by case basis. Wait 3 months after a tattoo if the tattoo was applied in a state that does not regulate tattoo facilities. A tattoo is acceptable if the tattoo was applied by a state-regulated entity using sterile needles and ink that is not reused. Cosmetic tattoos including microblading of eyebrows only applied in a licensed establishment in a regulated state using sterile needles and ink that is not reused is acceptable.
You can be exposed to malaria through travel and travel in some areas can sometimes defer donors. Come prepared to your donation process with your travel details when you donate. Persons who have spent long periods of time in countries where "mad cow disease" is found are not eligible to donate.
Learn more about vCJD and donation. If you have active tuberculosis or are being treated for active tuberculosis you should not donate. Acceptable if you have a positive skin test or blood test, but no active tuberculosis and are NOT taking antibiotics. If you are receiving antibiotics for a positive TB skin test or blood test only or if you are being treated for a tuberculosis infection, wait until treatment is successfully completed before donating.
You must weigh at least lbs to be eligible for blood donation for your own safety. Students who donate at high school drives and donors 18 years of age or younger must also meet additional height and weight requirements for whole blood donation applies to girls shorter than 5'6" and boys shorter than 5'.
Blood volume is determined by body weight and height. Individuals with low blood volumes may not tolerate the removal of the required volume of blood given with whole blood donation. You can discuss any upper weight limitations of beds and lounges with your local health historian.
If you have been diagnosed with Zika virus infection, wait more than days after your symptoms resolve to donate. Eligibility Requirements. Eligibility Criteria Alphabetical Listing.
Eligibility Criteria: Alphabetical. Donors who have undergone acupuncture treatments are acceptable. In-Depth Discussion of Age and Blood Donation Those younger than age 17 are almost always legal minors not yet of the age of majority who cannot give consent by themselves to donate blood. Birth Control. Women on oral contraceptives or using other forms of birth control are eligible to donate. Bleeding Condition. For the same reason, you should not donate if you are taking any "blood thinner" such as: Atrixa fondaparinux Coumadin warfarin Eliquis apixaban Fragmin dalteparin Heparin Jantoven warfarin Lovenox enoxaparin Pradaxa dabigatran Savaysa edoxaban Warfilone warfarin Xarelto rivaroxaban.
Blood Pressure, High. Blood Pressure, Low. Blood Transfusion. Wait for 3 months after receiving a blood transfusion from another person in the United States. Chronic Illnesses. Cold, Flu. If you ever received a dura mater brain covering transplant you are not eligible to donate. If you received an injection of cadaveric pituitary human growth hormone hGH you cannot donate. Human cadaveric pituitary-derived hGH was available in the U.
Growth hormone received after is acceptable. Dental Procedures and Oral Surgery. Diabetics who are well controlled on insulin or oral medications are eligible to donate.
Making your donation Discover how you can give blood, plasma or platelets, and book your next donation. Know how to donate. Find a blood donor centre There are donor centres all across the country. Find a donor centre. See the details. Safety Discover all the ways we look at safety when it comes to donating blood.
Learn about safety. Donate as a group Be part of our group donation program. Join Lifeblood Teams. Your most asked questions. I have a tattoo. I lived in the UK for six months between When will I be able to donate?
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