Donor Deferral

• Possible exposure to hepatitis, HIV, or malaria

  1 year
• possible exposure to malaria

  3 years
• Recipient of blood/blood products

  1 year
• Diagnosed with AIDS

  permanent
• Tattoo

  1 year
• Visitor/Immigrants from malaria endemic areas

  3 years
• More than 72 hours / 3 days in a correctional institution

  1 year
• Hemophiliacs, Intravenous drug users

  permanent
• Mucous membrane exposure to blood

  1 year
• Childbirth

  9 months
• After weaning

  3 months
• Skin penetration with instruments contaminated with body fluids

  1 year
• Sexual contact with individual symptomatic for any viral hepatitis, confirmed+ for HBsAg / HIV or in high risk category

  1 year
• Those with malignant solid tumors

  permanent
• From completion of therapy for syphilis or gonorrhea or reactive STS

  1 year
• Chagas disease

  permanent
• babesiosis

  permanent
• treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia ( Avodart (dutasteride) teratogenic)

  6 months
• Serious abnormal bleeding tendencies

  permanent
• Chronic cardiopulmonary, liver, or renal diseases

  permanent
• Recent blood donation: DOH, AABB

  DOH: 12 weeks

  AABB: 2 months
• Donation of 450 ml blood

  12 weeks
• Donation of 200 ml blood

  6-8 weeks
• German measles (Rubella) vaccine

  1 month
• After febrile episodes

  2-3 weeks
• treatments for sever acne (accutane- isotretinoin, amnesteem, claravis, sotret)

  1 month
• Plavix and Ticlid: inhibit platelet function

  can't donate if for platelets

  2 weeks
• treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia (proscar- Finasteride)

  1 month
• Propecia (Finasteride) treatment for baldness

  1 month
• measles, polio, mumps, yellow fever, BCG, smallpox vaccine

  2 weeks
• Rape

  1 year
• Soriatane (acitretin) treatment for severe psoriasis

  3 years
• men having sex with men

  1 year
• sex with a prostitute

  1 year
• rabies vaccine

  1 year
• piercing, accupuncture

  1 year
• Diagnosed with Creuzfeldt-Jakob Disease

  permanent
• taking tegison- treatment for psoriasis

  permanent
• clinical history or diagnosis of viral hepatitis after age of 11

  permanent
• clinical history or diagnosis of viral hepatitis before age of 11

  temporary