Healthy individuals can donate whole blood every 56 days, plasma every 28 days and platelets every 7 days. Donors who give a double red blood cell donation are eligible again after days. For breastfeeding moms, if you have a well-established milk supply, you can safely donate blood. Because donating blood removes fluid from the body and hydration levels affect milk supply, it is particularly important to eat a substantial meal before donating and to drink plenty of water after donation. Most prescription medications taken on a daily basis will not keep you from donating.
However, there are some medications that could cause you to be deferred. Click here for a partial list of common medications that will defer you or call Please use Internet Explorer or Firefox to access this list.
You must finish your course of antibiotics for fighting an infection, be symptom-free and be off of the antibiotics for one week before donating. Those who take antibiotics daily for conditions such as acne may be eligible to donate. Medications for the treatment of underactive or overactive thyroid do not disqualify you from donating.
Cancer survivors can donate blood one year after being cancer free. Those who have melanoma without metastases can donate after a three year waiting period. Those who have had hematologic blood cancers, such as leukemia, lymphoma or multiple myelomas remain ineligible to donate blood.
Precancerous conditions, such as certain skin lesions and HPV-associated precancers, do not disqualify you from donating blood. Patients in the hospitals we serve need blood every day. Your donation is, literally, a matter of life and death to someone in need of it. Typically, there is a two-day period from the time of donation until that blood is available to a patient, so we must have blood available before an emergency or natural disaster occurs.
Please see our advice for giving blood with a heart condition. If you had this done recently you may have to wait before you can donate again. Please follow our advice about giving blood after a tattoo or getting your body pierced. Our advice depends on the type of cancer. We may need more information about your transfusion. Please follow our advice about giving blood after a transfusion. If you have received tissue or an organ, it may be possible to donate blood.
Please see our advice about giving blood after a transplant. It is possible to donate blood if you have high blood pressure or low blood pressure.
However, there are some restrictions. Please follow our advice about giving blood when you have high or low blood pressure. It may be possible to give blood after acupuncture. We will need to know the reason you had the treatment and the certification of the acupuncturist. Please follow the full advice about donating after acupuncture. Men who have sex with men and who have had the same partner for 3 months or more are able to give blood.
We assess your eligibility to give blood based solely on your own individual experiences, making the process fairer for everyone. More information about the different blood types that provide a lifeline to all kinds of patients.
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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. You are not eligible to donate if you have ever had Ebola virus infection or disease. Heart Disease. Wait at least 6 months following an episode of angina.
Wait at least 6 months following a heart attack. Wait at least 6 months after bypass surgery or angioplasty. Heart Murmur, Heart Valve Disorder. Hemochromatosis Hereditary. Hemoglobin, Hematocrit, Blood Count. Hepatitis, Jaundice. Hepatitis Exposure. Hypertension, High Blood Pressure.
See "Blood Pressure, High" section above. Immunization, Vaccination. Wait 2 weeks if you were vaccinated with a COVID vaccine but do not know if it was a non-replicating, inactivated, RNA based vaccine or a live attenuated vaccine. Smallpox vaccination and did not develop complications Wait 8 weeks 56 days from the date of having a smallpox vaccination as long as you have had no complications.
Complications may include skin reactions beyond the vaccination site or general illness related to the vaccination. Smallpox vaccination and developed complications Wait 14 days after all vaccine complications have resolved or 8 weeks 56 days from the date of having had the smallpox vaccination whichever is the longer period of time.
Smallpox vaccination — close contact with someone who has had the smallpox vaccine in the last eight weeks and you did not develop any skin lesions or other symptoms. Eligible to donate. Smallpox vaccination — close contact with someone who has had the vaccine in the last eight weeks and you have since developed skin lesions or symptoms.
Wait 8 weeks 56 days from the date of the first skin lesion or sore. Complications may include skin reactions or general illness related to the exposure. Those who have had infections with Chagas Disease or Leishmaniasis are not eligible to donate. Intravenous Drug Use. See: Hepatitis. Wait 3 years after completing treatment for malaria. Wait 3 months after returning from a trip to an area where malaria is found. Wait 3 years after living more than 5 years in a country or countries where malaria is found.
An additional waiting period of 3 years may be required if you have traveled to an area where malaria is found if you have not lived a consecutive 3 years in a country or countries where malaria is not found. If, in the past 3 years, you have been outside the United States or Canada: What countries did you visit? Where did you travel while in this country?
Did you leave the city or resort at any time? If yes, where did you go? What mode of transportation did you use? How long did you stay? What date did you return to the U. Measles Exposure. Persons on these drugs have waiting periods following their last dose before they can donate blood: Accutane, Amnesteem, Absorica, Claravis, Myorisan, Sotret or Zenatane isotretinoin , Proscar finasteride , and Propecia finasteride - wait 1 month from the last dose.
Avodart or Jalyn dutasteride - wait 6 months from the last dose. Effient prasugrel and Brilinta ticagrelor — no waiting period for donating whole blood. However, you must wait 7 days after taking Brilinta ticagrelor before donating platelets by apheresis. You must wait 3 days after taking Effient prasugrel before donating platelets by apheresis. Feldene piroxicam , no waiting period for donating whole blood. However, you must wait 2 days after taking Feldene piroxicam before donating platelets by apheresis.
Coumadin, Warfilone, Jantoven warfarin and Heparin, are prescription blood thinners- you should not donate since your blood will not clot normally. If your doctor discontinues your treatment with blood thinners, wait 7 days before returning to donate.
Arixtra fondaparinux , Fragmin dalteparin , Eliquis apixaban , Pradaxa dabigatran ,Savaysa edoxaban , Xarelto rivaroxaban ,and Lovenox enoxaparin are also prescription blood thinners- you should not donate since your blood will not clot normally.
If your doctor discontinues your treatment with these blood thinners, wait 2 days before returning to donate. Other prescription blood thinners not listed, call to speak with an eligibility specialist about your individual situation. Hepatitis B Immune Globulin — given for exposure to hepatitis, wait 12 months after exposure to hepatitis.
HIV treatment also known as antiretroviral therapy ART at any time - you are not eligible to donate blood. Plavix clopidogrel and Ticlid ticlopidine — no waiting period for donating whole blood.
However you must wait 14 days after taking this medication before donating platelets by apheresis. Zontivity vorapaxar — no waiting period for donating whole blood. However, you must wait 1 month after taking this medication before donating platelets by apheresis.
Rinvoq upadacitinib — wait 1 month Thalomid thalidomide — wait 1 month. Cellcept mycophenolate mofetil — an immunosuppressant— wait 6 weeks Soriatane acitretin — wait 3 years.
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