You can donate blood if
- 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 months earlier
- you are healthy and have not suffered from malaria, typhoid or other transmissible disease in the recent past
- you have eaten a low fat healthy diet few hours before donating blood
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
- major surgery in the last 6 months
- taken any 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
- consumed alcohol in the last 24 hours
- suffered dengue, chicken pox or typhoid in the last 2 years
- Taken any allergy medicine in last 2-4 weeks