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Every fit person should be able to donate four times every year (once every 3 months). However, you must meet certain conditions of eligibility. |
 Basic requirements:
" Age between 16-60. (16-17-years-old need parental consent)
" Weight at least 45 Kg
" In general good health
" Well being: feeling well that day
" Haemoglobin level: at least 12.5 mg/dl for males and 12 mg/dl for females.
NO major illness / surgery such as:
" Heart or lung diseases
" High blood pressure and require medical control
" Cancer
" Diabetes on medication
" Blood disorder or abnormal bleeding tendency
" Major operations in last 6-12 months.
" AIDS or symptoms suggestive of AIDS (unexplained fever, severe night sweats, unexpected weight loss, swollen glands, chronic diarrhoea or rare cancer)
" Uncontrolled seizure after infancy
" Hepatitis B or C
"Syphilis
Or have these conditions:
" Cold or sore throat, wait one week after recovery or treatment
" Tooth extraction or dental work, wait 3 days after treatment
" Skin infection, wait I week after complete healing
" Normal pregnancy, wait 6 week after delivery and after you stop breast feeding
" Travel to malaria endemic region, wait 6 weeks to 3 years depends whether it is a multi-resistance malaria region and type of prophylaxis taken.
" Close contact with hepatitis, wait 6 months
" Infectious disease (e.g. Chicken pox, measles, Dengue), wait 6 months after recovery.
" Tattoo, ear piercing, acupuncture, wait 12 months unless disposable, sterile equipment is used.
" Received blood transfusion or any other blood products, wait 12 months.
Under medication such as:
" Chemotherapy agents, heart medication (permanent deferral in general)
" Panadol (1 day); Aspirin, Ponstan, Voltaren, Synflex (3 days)
" Traditional Chinese Medicine (3 days)
" Tetanus vaccination (48 hours)
" Hepatitis B vaccination (48 hours)
" Antibiotic (1 week)
" Rubella, measles, mumps vaccination, oral polio vaccine (4 weeks)
" Immunoglobulin or blood transfusion (1 year)
" If you are on any long term medication or you have taken any medication within the last 48 hours or you are unsure, please do not hesitate to contact the donation centre for clarification.
Have traveled to:
" Malaria endemic region may involved 6 weeks to 36 months deferral (details can be obtained from the Medical Officer). This donor can continue to donate plasma only during this deferral period.
" United Kingdom (England, Northern Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man, or the Channel Island) from 1980-1996 for an accumulative period of 6 months or more, will be deferred permanently because of the variant Creutzfeldt Jakod disease.
Suffer from blood transmitted diseases
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