FAQs
Who can donate blood?
Any healthy person who has no active disease that prohibits the donor from blood donation.
Age of the donor
- 17 (with Parent consent form duly filled and signed)
- 18 to 60 years
- 60 to 65 years (only if the individual is a regular donor healthy and currently on no medications. The donor will be assessed by the camp doctor. (Acceptance will only be at the doctor’s discretion)
Weight
- More than OR equal to 52 Kg
Hemoglobin
- Males: 12.5 g/dl
- Females: 12.5 g/dl
Blood Pressure:
Systolic: 100-160 mmHg
Diastolic: 50-100 mmHg
Pulse:
50 beats/min – 100 beats/min
Can an individual with diabetes donate blood?
- Donor who are controlling their blood sugar levels with diet modification and a healthy lifestyle are eligible to donate
- Donors on oral hypoglycemic medications with controlled sugar levels can donate blood.
- Those who are on insulin are permanently deferred to donate blood
Note. If the dose of oral hypoglycemic medicine is recently adjusted by your treating physician, you are deferred for four weeks. After that, you can donate.
If someone went through a surgical procedure
- Can donate 3 months after full recovery.
Dental procedure?
- Can donate after 3 months. (This excludes dentures and braces adjustments)
Donor having following diseases positive, once in their lifetime are permanently deferred.
- Hepatitis B and C
- HIV AIDS
- Herpes Virus
- Epilepsy
- Untreated Syphilis
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Conditions |
Action |
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Cough with Sputum with or without fever |
Defer Temporarily For 14 days |
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Dry cough without fever |
Accept |
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Dry cough with fever |
Defer Temporarily For 14 days |
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Headache, tiredness, lack of sleep, vertigo, nausea |
Defer Temporarily 12 Hrs. After Recovery |
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Flu and cold without fever |
Accept |
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Flu and cold with fever |
Defer Temporarily For 14 days |
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Wound without Pus and redness |
Accept |
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Wound with Pus and redness |
Defer Temporarily till Recovery |
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Fever controlled with medicine on the day of donation |
Defer Temporarily For 14 days After Recovery |
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Tuberculosis |
Defer for 2 years following confirmation of cure |
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Typhoid |
Defer for 28 days following completion of treatment and full recovery |
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Chikungunya Virus |
Defer for 6 months following full recovery from infection |
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Dengue Fever |
Defer for 6 months following full recovery from infection |
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Measles, Rubella, Mumps and Chickenpox |
Defer for 14 days after full recovery |
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Influenza |
Defer for 14 days after full recovery and cessation of any therapy |
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Malaria |
Defer for 6 months after completion of treatment and full recovery, whichever is longer |
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Chagas Disease Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) |
Defer permanently (FDA) |
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Syphilis or gonorrhea |
Deferred for 3 months form the competition of treatment |
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Hematologic Cancer (eg. Leukemia or Blood Cancer) |
Defer permanently-AABB |
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Cancer- Solid malignant tumor |
Deferral for 5 years since completion of treatment-AABB |
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Symptomatic Heart Disease |
Defer permanently-WHO |
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Chronic or recurrent respiratory infections |
Defer permanently-WHO |
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Hemophilia |
Defer permanently-AABB |
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Organ transplantation |
Defer Permanent (WHO) |
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SLE ( Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) |
Defer Permanent |
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Tattoo |
Deferred for 3 months from the date of the tattoo application |
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Ear & Body Piercing |
Deferred for 3 months |
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Pregnancy |
Defer 6 weeks after end of pregnancy |
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Asthma- asymptomatic on a maintenance dose of non-steroid and/or inhaled steroid medication. |
Accept |
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Asthma -Acute exacerbation |
Defer for 14 days after full recovery |
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Covid 19 |
Defer 14 days after full recovery |
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Kindly check the below details for acceptance and deferral conditions regarding vaccinations for the blood donors.
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Conditions |
Action |
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Measles (rubella) |
Defer for 2 weeks |
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Mumps |
Defer for 2 weeks |
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Polio (Sabin/oral) |
Defer for 2 weeks |
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Typhoid (oral) |
Defer for 2 weeks |
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Yellow fever |
Defer for 2 weeks |
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German measles (rubella) |
Defer for 4 weeks |
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Chickenpox |
Defer for 4 weeks |
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Hepatitis B vaccine |
Defer for 4 weeks |
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Covid-19 vaccine |
Accept (if Donor symptoms-free & afebrile) |
BENEFITS OF DONATING BLOOD
Improves Heart Health:Regularly donating blood improves your overall cardiovascular health & can reduce the chance of heart attack by 88% & stroke by 33%.
Reduces Cancer Risk:Consistent blood donation is associated with lowered risks of cancers, including liver, lung, colon, stomach and throat cancers. Risk levels drop in correlation with how often participants donate blood.
Enhances the Production of New Blood Cells:When blood is withdrawn, the donor's body immediately begins to replenish the lost blood by marrow within 48-72 hours of donation. Donating blood helps to stimulate the production of new blood cells. Your marrow make new RBCs in 56 days. This process of replenishment can help your body stay healthy and work more efficiently.
Burn Calories:
While blood donation won’t become a weight loss fad anytime soon, studies have found that donors could burn up to 650 calories per pint of blood donated.
Free Health Screening& Donors shall get the reports (by email/hard copy) for the following tests;
• Hepatitis B;
• Hepatitis C
• HIV (Combo)
• Syphilis antibodies
• Malaria
• Blood Group
• Hemoglobin Levels
• NEUCLIEC ACID TESTING FOR VIRAL MARKERS, HIV, HBV & HCV ON EVERY SINGLE DONOR
Saves Lives:
One Donation saves 3 lives. Sadqa e Jaria of your Health.
Brings Joy to Many:
When you donate blood, you impact not only the patient whose life may depend on your donation, but also all those who depend on that patient. The entire community will benefit from the spirit of generosity.