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Some health conditions, medications, and travel may temporarily or permanently prevent people from donating blood. All donors must be
in good health, at least 17 years old, and weigh at least 123 pounds to donate whole blood or 110 pounds to donate platelets. If you have questions, contact the operations manager at 512-206-1108 or donorsuitability@inyourhands.org.
Are you feeling well and healthy today?
Refer to Medications section below to answer donor questions about antibiotics. Donor must be in good health on day of donation.
AIDS / HIV Infection or exposure risk factors. For more information, click here. Cannot donate
Cancer:
Leukemia or any hematological malignancy, Lymphoma Cannot donate
(ex: Hodgkins or non-Hodgkins)
Basal Cell Acceptable day after removed
Squamous Cell Acceptable one week after removed
Other cancers, cured, more than 5 years since diagnosis and end of treatment Acceptable
Chagas’ disease and babesiosis Cannot donate
Cold or flu symptoms (must be feeling well and healthy) 1-day wait
Family history of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) or fatal neurological disease Cannot donate
Heart attack 12-month wait
Hematocrit is too low (iron level) 1-day wait
Hepatitis or yellow jaundice at age 11 or older Cannot donate
Hepatitis exposure or hepatitis B immune globulin shot 12-month wait
Pregnancy 6-week wait
Syphilis or gonorrhea 12-month wait
West Nile Virus, no longer symptomatic 120-day wait
Received a blood transfusion, skin graft or tissue transplant. 12-month wait
Ever received a cornea transplant 12-month wait
Received dura mater graft (brain covering graft) Cannot donate
Heart surgery due to heart attack 12-month wait
Received human growth hormone prior to 1985 Cannot donate
Have a pacemaker or implanted defibrillator Cannot donate
Colonoscopy No wait
Accutane (Amnesteem, Claravis, Sotret) 1-month wait after completion
Acitretin (Soriatane) 3-year wait after completion
Antibiotics for an infection Day after completion with no signs or symptoms
Aspirin or any aspirin-containing product Apheresis Platelets: 48-hours, Whole Blood: No wait
Avodart (Dutasteride) 6-month wait after completion
Beef insulin Call nurse manager at 206-1108
Coumadin (Warfarin) 2-weeks after completion
Etretinate (Tegison) Cannot donate
Plavix (Clopidogrel, Pletal, Ticlid, Ticlopidine) Apheresis Platelets: 2 weeks, Whole Blood: No wait
Proscar (Finasteride), Propecia 1-month wait after completion
Travel to Iraq 12-month wait
Travel to a Malaria area 12-month wait
Immigrating from a Malaria area (moving to US) 3-year wait
Cumulative of 3 months or more has been spent in the United Kingdom from 01/01/1980 to Cannot donate
12/31/1996. United Kingdom (UK) is defined as England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland,
Isle of Man, Channel Islands, Gibraltar, and the Falkland Islands. The Republic of Ireland
is not included in the definition of the UK but is included in the definition of Europe.
Received a transfusion of blood, platelets, plasma, cryoprecipitate, or granulocytes in Cannot donate
the United Kingdom or France since 01/01/1980.
Cumulative of 5 years or more in Europe (including time spent in the UK from Cannot donate
01/01/1980 to 12/31/1996).
Were a member of the US Military, a civilian military employee, or a dependent of a Cannot donate
member of the US Military from 01/01/1980 to 12/31/1996 and spent a cumulative of
6 months or more associated with a military base in any of the following countries:
Belgium, The Netherlands or Germany (01/01/1980 to 12/31/1990); Spain, Portugal,
Turkey, Italy or Greece (01/01/1980 to 12/31/1996).
Flu shots Acceptable
Smallpox vaccination 8-week wait
Hepatitis B vaccination 2-week wait after each dose
Other vaccines Call nurse manager at 206-1108
Unlicensed vaccines 1-year wait
Ear/Body piercing: performed under sterile conditions, in a Texas licensed Acceptable
facility, with a single use device (must be healed, no sign of infection)
Ear/Body piercing: NOT performed under sterile conditions, done in prison, at home, 12-month wait
by a friend, or in another state or country
Jailed for 3 or more consecutive days 12-month wait
Tattoo: applied in a Texas licensed facility with use of sterile needles and ink Acceptable
(must be healed, no sign of infection)
Tattoo: applied in prison, at home or by a friend, or in another state or country 12-month wait
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