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. Donation Intervals. Wait at least 8 weeks between whole blood standard donations. Wait at least 7 days between platelet pheresis donations. Wait at least 16 weeks between Power Red automated donations. Ebola Virus. Make an Appointment. Next Step — The Donation Process.
We provide hope for the future by teaching the medical leaders of tomorrow. We enhance lives by connecting donors to patients every day. All rights reserved. Aspirin and ibuprofen will not affect a whole blood donation. However, apheresis platelet products can be affected if aspirin or aspirin products are taken 48 hours prior to donation. Many other medications are acceptable. The entire donation process, from registration to post-donation refreshments, takes about one hour.
The actual donation takes about minutes. There are many places where blood donations can be made. Bloodmobiles mobile blood drives on specially constructed buses travel to many locations, making it easy for people to donate blood. Many people donate at blood drives at their places of work or at high schools, colleges, churches and other community organizations. People also can donate at community blood centers and hospital-based donor centers.
You may use the online Locator or consult the yellow pages to locate a nearby blood center or hospital to donate. Apheresis, an increasingly common procedure, is the process of removing a specific component of the blood, such as platelets, red blood cells, plasma liquid part of the blood or granulocytes white blood cells and returning the remaining components to the donor.
This process allows more of one particular part of the blood to be collected than could be separated from a unit of whole blood. The apheresis donation procedure takes longer than that of a whole blood donation. A whole blood donation takes about 20 minutes to collect the blood as compared to an apheresis donation which may take about one to two hours, depending on the blood component s that is being donated.
While a given individual may be unable to donate, he or she may be able to recruit a suitable donor. Blood banks are always in need of volunteers to assist at blood draws or to organize mobile blood drives. In addition, monetary donations are always welcome to help ensure that blood banks can continue to provide safe and adequate blood to those in need.
After blood is drawn, it is tested for ABO group blood type and Rh type positive or negative , as well as for any unexpected red blood cell antibodies that may cause problems for the transfusion recipient. Blood is tested for:. Each unit of whole blood is separated into several components. Red blood cells may be stored under refrigeration for a maximum of 42 days, or frozen for up to 10 years. Platelets are stored at room temperature and may be kept for a maximum of five to seven days.
Fresh frozen plasma is kept in a stored frozen state for up to one year. Cryoprecipitated AHF is stored frozen for up to one year. Granulocytes must be transfused within 24 hours of donation. Other products manufactured from blood include albumin, immune globulin, specific immune globulins, and clotting factor concentrates. Commercial manufacturers commonly produce these blood products.
Most blood centers strive to maintain an optimum inventory level of a three-day supply. Due to unpredictable demands, the inventory often fluctuates hourly. When the blood supply drops below a three-day level, blood centers begin alerting local donors to increase the inventory to a safe operating level. Scientists have yet to find a successful substitute for human blood. This is why blood donors are so vital to the lives of those who are in need of blood. The need for blood is great.
Every day in the U. In addition, nearly 5, platelet units and 6, units of plasma are also needed. In , nearly 16 million blood components were transfused. With an aging population and advances in medical treatments and procedures requiring blood transfusions, there is always a need for blood and blood components.
The approximate distribution of blood types in the U. Distribution may be different for specific racial and ethnic groups and in different parts of the country:. In an emergency, anyone can receive type O red blood cells.
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