Dos and Don’ts for Blood Donation

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