BLOOD DONATION PROCESS:

Your blood donation will always be appreciated!

A single blood donation can save up to four lives.

It happens because the blood bag is divided into blood components: red blood cells, plasma, platelets and cryoprecipitate. Each of them has a specific use.

The entire blood donation process will often take about 1 hour, but the time may vary depending on the number of donors that will be there at the time.

The blood donation process has the phases below: 

• Complete a form (you have to be honest on this occasion);

• Registration at the Blood Donation Bank;

• Measuring vital signs; 

• Screening process;

• Blood sampling; 

• After the blood donation, you must eat a snack given by the blood donation bank. 

Orientation: It’s not necessary to take a blood test before donating because in the blood donation bank you will be submitted to a screening process that will inform you if you are able or not.

BLOOD DONATION REQUIREMENTS:

• Being in a good health condition;

• Not having tested positive for COVID-19 and Dengue in the last 30 days;

• Not being with flu, colds and fever in the last 2 weeks (after the ending of the symptoms);

• Being between 16 and 69 years old (remembering that underage people must be accompanied by a guardian;

• The limit of age for the first donation is 60 years, 11 months and 29 days;

• Weigh at least 51 kg or more (have a BMI greater than or equal to 18.5);

• Official photo ID;

• Get at least eight hours of sleep the night before your appointment;

• Being well fed;

• Drink a lot of water (we suggest of 2-4 glass of water before donating);

• Don’t drink alcoholic drinks at least 12 hours before;

• Not having smoked 2 hours before;

• Avoid fatty foods before donating.

TEMPORARY IMPEDIMENT:

• Pregnancy; 

• Breastfeeding (even 1 year after childbirth); 

• 90 days after normal delivery and 180 days after caesarean section;

• Tattooing, permanent make-up, micropigmentation: wait 6 to 12 months after the procedure (The period decreases to 6 months if the potential donor presents a photo of the studio's registration with the Health Surveillance Agency and an invoice from the establishment;);

• Piercing: please wait 1 year;

• If you receive Botox or hyaluronic acid fillers,you need to wait 7 days after the procedure;

• Acupuncture with disposable material: wait 24 hours (Acupuncture with laser or seeds can be donated);

• Flu or cold: please wait 15 days after the end of symptoms; 

• If you are positive for COVID-19, wait 30 days after the symptoms have completely healed;

• Labial or genital herpes can only be donated after the lesion has completely dried up and healed; 

• For any endoscopy procedure, please wait 6 months; 

• If you did a tooth extraction or root canal, please wait 7 days; 

• If you had a Dental surgery under general anesthesia, please wait 5 weeks;

• Classical dengue: please wait 30 days after being healed;

• Dengue hemorrhagic fever: please wait 6 months after cure;

• Diseases that need to wait 6 months for blood donation: 

Iron deficiency anemia or other nutritional deficiencies; Acute viral encephalitis; Yellow fever; Shingles; Meningitis; Mononucleosis; Acute pancreatitis; Pleuritis; Pneumonia requiring hospitalization; Benign teratoma; Tetanus; Deep vein thrombosis;

• Diseases that need to wait for total cure or crisis control:

Arthrosis; Tonsillitis; Mild asthma; Chickenpox; Mumps; Cystitis; Pilonidal cyst; Cytomegalovirus; Conjunctivitis; Diarrhea; Respiratory diseases; Endometriosis; Enterovirosis; Erysipelas; Yellow fever; Fracture without surgery; Furunculosis; Acute Gastritis; Gastroenteritis; Urinary Tract Infection; Meningitis; Mononucleosis; Otitis; Gallstones and Kidney Stones; Pleuritis; Rhinitis; Sinusitis; Tendonitis; Head Trauma; Trichomoniasis; Urethritis; Vaginitis and Varicose Veins.

DEFINITIVE IMPEDIMENT:

• Illicit drugs;

• Some medications prevent blood donation (always ask a doctor or a pharmacist for advice); 

• Piercings in the oral cavity and genitals;

• People who have had hepatitis after the age of 11;

• Sexually transmitted diseases or at risk of having them in the last 12 months;

• Hepatitis B and C, AIDS (HIV virus);

• Diseases linked to the HTLV I and II virus;

• Syphilis;

• Chagas disease;

• Malaria;

• Parkinson's disease;

• Monkeypox;

• If you have had any type of cancer, including leukemia;

• Severe cardiovascular disease (e.g. coronary heart disease, angina, heart attack, severe arrhythmia, heart malformations, heart failure, aneurysms, etc.);

• Autoimmune disease (systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, immune thyroiditis such as Graves' disease, Hashimoto's hypothyroidism, etc.); 

• Diabetes type I and II;

Other diseases with Definitive Impediment:

Intracranial aneurysm; History of stroke; Rheumatoid arthritis; Severe asthma; Babesiosis; Bronchitis; Liver cirrhosis; Acquired and hereditary coagulopathy; Ulcerative colitis; Chagas disease; Creustzfeldt Jakob disease (mad cow); Crohn's disease; Guillain-Barret disease; Congenital or acquired hemorrhagic disease; Severe lung disease; Chronic kidney disease; Neurological disease; Elephantiasis; Hepatic or hepatosplenic schistosomiasis; Schizophrenia; Esophageal stenosis; Rheumatic fever; Pheochromocytoma; Leprosy; Hyperaldosteronism; Pituitary hyperfunction; Hypopituarism; Adrenal insufficiency; Cushing's syndrome; Malaria; Quartan fever; Congenital bone malformation; Interstitial or hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Porphyria; Ulcerative colitis; Polycystic kidneys; Ehlers Danlos syndrome; Nephrotic syndrome; Malignant teratoma; Corneal transplantation; Pulmonary thromboembolism; Extrapulmonary tuberculosis; Congenital or acquired valve disease.

WAITING PERIOD FOR BLOOD DONATIONS AFTER VACCINATIONS:

After 4 weeks:

• Dengue vaccine.

After 7 days:

• AstraZeneca; Oxford; Fiocruz; Pfizer; BioNtec; Fosun Pharma; Sputinik V; Janssen-Cilag; Moderna; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Gamaleya National Center.

After 48 hours:

• Coronavac; Sinovac/Butantan; Bharat Biotech; Covaxin; Flu vaccine.

INTERVAL FOR DONATIONS:

Men: 60 days (maximum of 04 donations in 1 year). 

Women: 90 days (maximum of 03 donations in 1 year).

ATTENTION

IT IS NECESSARY TO BE EXTREMELY HONEST WHEN ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS, REPORTING ILLNESSES, TATTOOS, ETC; 

DO NOT OMIT ANYTHING, BECAUSE WE ARE DEALING WITH LIVES!

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE A DAY OFF IN YOUR  WORK FOR BLOOD DONATION.

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