Donating blood

Requirements for donating blood

Before you finalize any of the donors, run each donor through 

"the vital 10" checklist. 

• ·         The donor should not have donated blood in the last 3 months.

• ·         The donor should not have undergone any major surgery within 3 months.

• ·         The donor has not had alcohol 48 hours before the donation.

• ·         The donor should avoid smoking on the day of donation and 3 hours after donation.

• ·         The donor should not have fever at the time of donation.

• ·         The donor should have had a good meal before donation.

• ·         The donor should disclose whether he is under any medication for malaria, jaundice, etc.

• ·         The donor should not have had any tooth extraction in the past 2 weeks.

• ·         The donor should not be pregnant.

• ·         The donor should not have had any immunization at least one month before.

DOs and DON'Ts of blood donation

In order to ensure safe and health environment to both donors as well as recipients, we greatly recommend to follow the below rules:

DO donate blood, only if you satisfy all of the following conditions

	You are between age group of 18-60 years.
	Your weight is 45 kgs or more.
	Your hemoglobin is 12.5 gm% minimum.
	Your last blood donation was 3 or more months earlier.
	You are healthy and have not suffered from malaria, typhoid or other transmissible disease in the recent past.

DO NOT donate blood, if you have any of the following conditions

	Cold / fever in the past 1 week.
	Under treatment with antibiotics or any other medication.
	Cardiac problems, hypertension, epilepsy, diabetes (on insulin therapy), history of cancer, chronic kidney or liver disease, bleeding tendencies, venereal disease etc.
	Major surgery in the last 6 months.
	Vaccination in the last 24 hours.
	Had a miscarriage in the last 6 months or have been pregnant / lactating in the last one year.
	Had fainting attacks during last donation.
	Have regularly received treatment with blood products.
	Shared a needle to inject drugs/ have history of drug addiction.
	Had sexual relations with different partners or with a high risk individual.
	Been tested positive for antibodies to HIV.