Criteria for Blood Donation

Physiological Status for Women

16	Pregnancy or recently delivered	Defer for 12 months after delivery
17	Abortion	Defer for 6 months after abortion
18	Breast Feeding	Defer for total period of lactation
19	Menstruation	Defer for the period of menstruation

Non-Specific Illness

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Minor non-specific symptoms including but not limited to general malaise, pain, headache

Defer until all symptoms subside and donor is afebrile

Respiratory (Lung) Diseases

21	Cold, flu, cough, sore throat or acute sinusitis	Defer until all symptoms subside and donor is afebrile
22	Chronic sinusitis	Accept unless on antibiotics
23	Asthmatic attack	Permanently defer
24	Asthmatics on steroids	Permanently defer

Surgical Procedures

25	Major Surgery	Defer for 12 months after recovery (Major surgery being defined as that requiring hospitalisation, anaesthesia (general\spinal) had Blood Transfusion and\or had significant blood loss)
26	Minor Surgery	Defer for 6 months after recovery
27	Received Blood Transfusion	Defer for 12 months
28	Open heart surgery Including By-pass surgery	Permanently defer
29	Cancer surgery	Permanently defer
30	Tooth Extraction	Defer for 6 months after tooth extraction
31	Dental surgery under anaesthesia	Defer for 6 months after recovery

Cardio-Vascular Diseases (Heart Disease)

32	Has any active symptom (Chest pain, Shortness of breath, swelling of feet)	Permanently defer
33	Myocardial infarction (Heart Attack)	Permanently defer
34	Cardiac medication (Digitalis, Nitroglycerine)	Permanently defer
35	Hypertensive heart disease	Permanently defer
36	Coronary artery disease	Permanently defer
37	Angina pectoris	Permanently defer
38	Rheumatic heart disease with residual damage	Permanently defer

Central Nervous System / Psychiatric Diseases

39	Migraine	Accept if not severe and occurs at a frequency of less than once a week
40	Convulsions and Epilepsy	Permanently defer
41	Schizophrenia	Permanently defer
42	Anxienty and mood disorders	Accept person having anxiety and mood (affective) disorders like depression or bipolar disorder, but is stable and feeling well on the day regardless of medication

Endocrine Disorders

43	Diabetes	Accept person with Diabetes Mellitus Well controlled by diet or oral hypoglycaemic medication, with no history of orthostatic hypotension and no evidence of infection, neuropathy or vascular disease (in particular peripheral ulceration) Permanently defer Person requiring insulin and/or complications of Diabetes with multi organ involvement Defer if oral hypoglycaemic medication has been altered/dosage adjusted in last 4 Weeks
44	Thyroid disorders	Accept donations from Individuals with Benign thyroid disorders If Euthyroid (Asymptomatic goitre, History of viral thyroiditis, Auto Immune Hypo Thyroidism) Defer if under investigation for thyroid disease or thyroid status is not known Permanently defer if: Thyrotoxicosis due to Graves’ disease Hyper/Hypo thyroid History of Malignant Thyroid Tumours
45	Other endocrine disorders	Permanently defer

Liver Diseases And Hepatitis Infection

46	Hepatitis	Known Hepatitis B, C – Permanently defer Unknown Hepatitis – Permanently defer Known Hepatitis A or E – Defer for 12 Months
47	Spouse/partner/close Contact of individual suffering with hepatitis	Defer for 12 months
48	At risk for hepatitis by tattoos, acupuncture or body piercing, scarification and any other invasive cosmetic prodecure by self or spouse/partner	Defer for 12 months
49	Spouse/partner of individual receiving transfusion of blood/components	Defer for 12 months
50	Jaundice	Accept donor with history of jaundice that was attriduted to gall stones, Rh disease, mononucleosis or in neonatal period
51	Chronic liver disease/Liver failure	Permanently defer

HIV Infection/AIDS

52	At Risk for HIV infection (Transgender, Men who have sex with men, Female Sex Workers, Injecting drug users, Persons with multiple sex partners)	Permanently defer
53	Known HIV Positive Person Or Spouse/partner of PLHA (Person Living With HIV AIDS)	Permanently defer
54	Persons having symptoms suggestive of AIDS	Permanently defer person having lymphadenopathy, prolonged and repeated fever, prolonged & repeated diarrhoea irrespective HIV risk or status

Sexually Transmitted Infections

55	Syphilis (Genital Sore, or Generalized skin rashes	Permanently defer
56	Gonorrhoea	Permanently defer

Other Infectious Diseases

57	History of Measles, Mumps, Chickenpox	Defer for 2 weeks following full recovery
58	Malaria	Defer for 3 months following full recovery
59	Typhoid	Defer for 12 months following full recovery
60	Dengue/Chikungunya	In case of history of dengue/chikungunya: Defer for 6 months following full recovery Following visit to Dengue/Chikungunya endemic area: 4 Weeks following return from visit to dengue endemic area if no febrile illness is noted
61	Zika Virus/West Nile Virus	In case of Zika infection: Defer for 4 Months following full recovery In case of history of travel to West Nile Virus endemic area or Zika virus outbreak zone: Defer for 4 months
62	Tuberculosis	Defer for 2 years following confirmation of cure
63	Leishmaniasis	Permanently defer
64	Leprosy	Permanently defer

Other Infections

65	Conjunctivitis	Defer for the period of illness and continuation of local medication
66	Osteomyelitis	Defer for 2 years following completion of treatment and cure

Kidney Disease

67	Acute infection of Kidney (Pyelonephritis)	Defer for 6 months after complete recovery and last dose of medication
68	Acute infection of bladder (Cystitis)/UTI	Defer for 2 weeks after complete recovery and last dose of medication
69	Typhoid	Defer for 12 months following full recovery

Digestive System

70	Diarrhoea	Person Having history of diarrhoea in preceding week particularly if associated With fever: Defer For 2 weeks after Complete recovery and last dose of medication
71	GI endoscopy	Defer for 12 months

Guidelines for Blood Donor Selection and Blood Donor Referral / 2017

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Acid Peptic Disease

Accept person with acid reflux, Mild Gastro-Oesophageal reflux, mild hiatus hernia, Gastro-Oesophageal reflux disorder (GERD), Hiatal hernia Permanently defer person with stomach ulcer with symptoms or with recurrent bleeding

Other Diseases / Disorders

73	Autoimmune disorder like Systemic lupus erythematosis, scleroderma, dermatomyositis, ankylosing spondylitis or several rheumatoid arthritis	Permanently defer
74	Polycythaemia Vera	Permanently defer
75	Bleeding disorders and unexplained bleeding tendency	Permanently defer
76	Malignacy	Permanently defer
77	Severe allergic disorders	Permanently defer
78	Haemoglabinopathies and red cell enzyme deficiencies with known history of haemolysis	Permanently defer

Vaccination and Inoculation

79	Non live Vaccines and Toxoid: Typhoid, Cholera, Papillomavirus, Influenza, Meningococcal, Pertussis, Pneumococcal, Polio Injectable, Diphtheria, Tetanus, Plague	Defer for 28 days
80	Live attenuated vaccines: Polio oral, Measles (Rubella) Mumps, Yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, influenza, Typhoid, Cholera, Hepatitis A	Defer for 28 days
81	Anti-tetanus serum, Anti-venom serum, Anti-diphtheria serum and Anti-gas gangrene serum	Defer for 28 days
82	Anti-rabies vaccination following animal bite, Hepatitis B immuneglobulin, Immunoglobulins	Defer for 28 days
83	Swine Flu	Defer for 28 days

Medications Taken By Prospective Blood Donor

84	Oral contraceptive	Accept
85	Analgesics	Accept
86	Vitamins	Accept
87	Mild sedative and tranquillizers	Accept
88	Allopurinol	Accept
89	Cholesterol lowering medication	Accept
90	Salicylates (Aspirin), other NSAIDs	Defer for 3 days if blood is to be used for Platelet preparation
91	Ketoconazole, Antihelminthic drugs including mebendazole	Defer for 7 days after last dose if donor is well
92	Antibiotics	Defer for 2 weeks after last dose if donor is well
93	Ticlopidine, Clopidogrel	Defer for 2 weeks after last dose
94	Piroxicam, Dipyridamole	Defer for 2 weeks after last dose
95	Etretinate, Acitretin or Isotretinoin (Used for acne)	Defer for 1 month after the last dose
96	Finasteride used to treat Benign prostatic hyperplasia	Defer for 1 month after the last dose
97	Radioactive contrast material	Defer for 8 weeks
98	Dutasteride used to treat Benign prostatic hyperplasia	Defer for 6 months after the last dose
99	Any medication of unknown nature	Defer till details are available
100	Oral anti-diabetic drugs	Accept if there is no alteration in dose within last 4 weeks
101	Insulin	Permanently defer
102	Anti-arrhythmic, Anti-convulsions, Anticoagulant, Anti-thyroid drugs, Cytotoxic drugs, Cardiac Failure Drugs (Digitalis)	Permanently defer

Other Conditions Requiring Permanent Deferral

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Recipients of organ, stem cell and tissue transplants. Donors who have an delayed faint with injury or two consecutive faints following a blood donation

Permanently defer

Residents of Other Countries

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Residents of Other Countries

Accept only after stay in India for three continuous years