| Accutane |
4 week wait from last dose |
| Allergy or asthma medicine (without steroids) - if experiencing
no symptoms |
Can donate |
| Antibiotics |
Generally, 24 hours from last dose |
| Anti-depressants |
Can donate |
Aspirin (if donating whole blood)
|
Can donate |
| Aspirin (if donating platelets) |
36 hour wait |
| Birth control pills |
Can donate |
| Blood pressure medicine |
Can donate |
Blood transfusion or tissue transplant
|
12 month wait |
Cancer - basal cell after removed
|
Can donate |
Cancer - lymphoma or leukemia
|
Cannot donate |
| Cancer - all other types |
Can donate after 5 years “cancer
free” |
| Childbirth - after delivery, miscarriage or abortion |
6 week wait |
| Colds - fever, sore throat, cough |
Must be 72 hours symptom free |
| Diabetes - if well controlled |
Can donate |
| Diabetes - if “not” well controlled |
Cannot donate |
| Diet pills - as long as you’ve eaten |
Can donate |
| Ear piercing - sterile technique & single use device
|
Can donate if BBA has letter on file |
| Body piercing - sterile technique & single use device |
Can donate if BBA has letter on file |
| Growth hormone - derived from pituitary gland |
Cannot donate |
| Heart attack, heart disease, or taking heart medicine |
Can donate with doctor’s approval |
| Hepatitis, after age 11 |
Cannot donate |
| Hormone replacement therapy |
Can donate |
| I.V. drug use - not prescribed by doctor |
Cannot donate |
| Jail or prison - more than 72 hours |
12 month wait |
| Malaria |
3 year wait |
| Male who has had sex with another male |
Cannot donate |
| Military employee or dependent - spent 6 months or more
associated with military base in Europe between 1980 thru
1996 |
Check with Blood Bank of Alaska |
| Oral surgery, tooth extraction |
3 day wait |
| Pregnancy |
Cannot donate |
| Propecia |
4 week wait |
| Proscar |
4 week wait |
| Residence or travel in the U.K. for a total of 3 months
or more between 1980 thru 1996 |
Cannot donate |
| Residence or travel in Europe for a total of 5 years
or more since 1980 |
Cannot donate |
| Sex with a person at risk for blood-borne disease (IV
drug user, prostitute, person with AIDS) |
12 month wait |
| Soriatane |
3 year wait from last dose |
| Surgery (without transfusion) - after released from
doctor’s care |
Can donate |
| Surgery (with transfusion) |
12 month wait |
| Syphilis or Gonorrhea |
12 month wait after treatment |
| Tattoos |
12 month wait |
| Tegison |
Cannot donate |
| Thyroid medicine |
Can donate |
Travel to malaria area;
Lived in malaria area |
1 year wait
3 year wait |
Traveled to malaria risk in Korea;
Lived in malaria risk in Korea
|
2 year wait
3 year wait |
| Vaccinations - MMR |
4 week wait |
| Vaccinations - Flu, Hepatitis A & B |
24 hour wait |
| Vaccination – Smallpox |
56 day wait |
| Vitamins |
Can donate |