THE University OF TEXAS
MD ANDERSON
CANCER CENTER

 

BASIC BLOOD DONOR REQUIREMENTS

General                                                                                   Not eligible -Temporary

17 years                                                                                                                 24 hours:

Picture I. D.                                                                                                                           Hepatitis B Vaccine
Social Security Number /Foreign Passport                                                                      Most dental work
Weigh 110 pounds                                                                                              72 hours:

Eaten within the past 4 hours                                                                                            Antibiotics

Not Pregnant                                                                                                                        Some other medications

No waiting                                                                                                        2 weeks:

Most medications                                                                                                                Sterile ear piercing

Most vaccines;                                                                                                                    Sterile acupuncture
Influenza

Tetanus                                                                                                 4 weeks:

Polio injection                                                                                                       Accutane
Polio oral (2 weeks)                                                                                              Proscar

Some 2-4 weeks                                                                                                    Propecia

Allergy Shots                                                                                                                       Some vaccinations
Most blood pressure medications                                                                    6 weeks:

Some surgeries

NOT ELIGIBLE

AIDS or positive test for HIV                                            `                               12 months:

Hepatitis after age 11                                                                                                           Travel to malarial risk area

Serious heart disease                                                                                                          Skin tattoo, body piercing

Serious respiratory disease                                                                                                Non-sterile ear piercing / acupuncture

IV drug use                                                                                                                           Jail, more than 72 consecutive hours

High risk group for HIV / AIDS                                                                                         Close contact with hepatitis

Uncontrolled diabetes.                                                                                                        Some major surgeries

Most cancers

Taken Tegison for psoriasis                                                                              3 years:

Many serious illnesses                                                                                                       Had malaria

Lived or born in certain African                                                                                        Immigrant, citizen, refugee

Countries since 1977                                                                                                           from a Malarial risk area

Lived in United Kingdom from 1980                                                                                 Taken Soriatane

-1996 for more than 3 months.

Spent time in Europe from 1980 to present that adds up to a total of 5 years.

Spent a total time of 6 months with a military base in the countries of Spain, Portugal, Turkey, or Greece from 1980 through 1990.

Spent a total time of6 months with a military base in the countries of United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, and Netherlands.

Please call 713- 792- 7777 for additional donor eligibility information or questions.  
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