You can donate if...
- You are 18-65 years old (donors under 60 who donate blood/blood components for the first time)
- You weigh at least 50 kg
- You have not used any alcohol on the day before your donation
- You have eaten and slept well, you are rested and feel fine
- You are healthy and have not been ill recently
- You have had healthy food and drunk plenty of fluids before donating
You have not donated blood:
- For men: at least 2 months (9 weeks), no more than 6 times within 12 months (should have a 3-month break after their 6th donation).
- For women: at least 3 months (13 weeks), no more than 4 times within 12 months.
Donors should have an identity document (passport, eID or any other type of identification that has an identity number, name, surname and photo).
We cannot accept any donor without an identity document.
Before your donation, will check your health and both elbow joint veins. Please remember that all the information provided by you is confidential, so please be honest.
You cannot, if...
You cannot be a donor for any of the following reasons:
- Infectious diseases: hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV, human T-lymphotropic virus, babesiosis, visceral leishmaniasis, Chagas disease
- Autoimmune (immune) diseases
- Metabolic diseases
- Recurring fainting episodes, cramp syndrome, serious brain injuries, neurosurgery
- A serious central nervous system disorder (ischaemia, multiple sclerosis, etc.)
- Haematological disorders, including coagulopathy and excessive bleeding
- Cardiovascular diseases (hypertension, arrhythmia, heart conduction disorders, coronary heart disease, vascular thrombosis, recurrent thrombophlebitis, etc.)
- Chronic and recurrent respiratory diseases (chronic lung conditions, bronchial asthma)
- Chronic and recurrent gastrointestinal conditions (with frequent exacerbations and gastrointestinal bleeding)
- Chronic and recurrent kidney conditions (chronic glomerulonephritis, recurrent pyelonephritis)
- Chronic and recurrent genitourinary conditions (chronic interstitial cystitis)
- Malignant diseases
- Type one or two sugar diabetes, if insulin is used in therapy; sugar diabetes with complications
- Users of intravenous or intramuscular narcotics, anabolic steroids or hormones
- Relatives of people with subacute spongiform encephalopathy (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) or variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob) (family history)
- If a person received a blood transfusion in the UK after 1980 or lived there in 1980-1996 for a cumulative period exceeding 6 months
- Current treatment includes medicines derived from human pituitary gland
- Transplanted cranial dura mater or cornea
- Persons with xenotransplants
- Positive, weak positive or false positive results of donor’s blood lab/ tests for causative agents of viral hepatitis, human immunodeficiency virus, syphilis
- Persons at high risk of blood borne diseases due to their sexual behaviour
- Blood group with extra agglutinins, RBC antibodies, etc.
Blood donations are not allowed for a certain period of time if:
- You feel tired or unwell on the day of the donation;
- You have returned from a country where you are at increased risk of contracting an infectious disease;
For a list of countries, see the Map of Endemic Countries. You can find out more about specific countries by calling the toll-free number 80000003 - You are pregnant or breastfeeding;
- You have recently experienced childbirth or an abortion;
- You have undergone surgery or dental manipulation;
- You have received a transfusion of blood components;
- Damaged skin or mucous have come into contact with other person blood or if there has been an injury from an infected needle;
- You have been bitten by a tick, have had Lyme disease or tick-borne encephalitis;
- You have undergone endoscopy, acupuncture or gotten a tattoo or piercing;
- You have been in contact with a person with viral hepatitis;
- You have had sexual contact with an HIV-infected person;
- You are using medications (except contraceptives);
- You have received certain vaccinations;
For specific vaccinations, please contact 80000003 - You are experiencing any acute illness;
- You are having an allergy exacerbations (e.g., skin rashes, allergic rhinitis);
- You have a high body temperature, fever, or cold;
- You have infectious or allergic skin and nail disorders;
- You have had tularaemia, brucellosis, malaria, tuberculosis, toxoplasmosis, Q fever, osteomyelitis or syphilis;
- In some cases, if the You veins are not suitable for the blood collection procedure;
- You have repeatedly lipemic plasma.
Specify the donation rejection period by calling the toll-free number 800-000-003 if you:
- Lived in a malaria-affected country for the first 5 years of your life
- Have had malaria
- Have visited a malaria-endemic area
If you have any questions, call 80000003 and check!
(+ 371 67471491 if calling from abroad)