Detailed Eligibility
Criteria

To donate, individuals must meet criteria that ensure that their donation is safe.
You can check if you meet the basic criteria by taking our Eligibility Quiz.

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Otherwise, keep reading to find a full list of Detailed Eligibility Criteria.
If you have any questions about the following criteria, please call 0800 GIVE BLOOD and ask to speak with a nurse.



  

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Your eligibility to make a blood donation following a vaccine is dependent on the vaccination.

For information on the Covid-19 Vaccine, please click here.

Inactivated vaccines (those which are not “live”) generally do not affect eligibility. These can include diphtheria, influenza (flu), hepatitis A, meningococcal, pertussis (whooping cough), pneumococcus, Q (query) fever, tetanus, human papillomavirus (also known as Gardasil) and others.

The exception to this rule is the hepatitis B vaccine. You must wait 7 days following a hepatitis B vaccine before donating.

Most live vaccines require a mandatory wait of 28 days before donating. These can include Chikungunya, tuberculosis (BCG), measles, mumps, Polis – Sabin oral polio vaccine (OPV), and varicella (chickenpox and shingles).

You must wait four weeks after the rubella (German measles) vaccine, including the combined measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine.

Please call 0800 GIVE BLOOD (0800 448 325) and ask to speak with a nurse if you are unsure, or if your recent vaccination is not listed here.

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We ask you to wait for 28 days after injection treatment and until fully recovered.

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We ask you to wait for 14 days until the wound is healed and you are fully recovered.

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