Common reasons of temporary deferrals

1. Inadequate sleep the night before donating blood;
2. Presence of cold or flu symptoms;
3. History of dental treatment in the past 3 days;
4. History of antibiotics use in the previous week;
5. Tattoo or ear piercing, etc., has been performed in the past 12 months;
6. History of travel to an epidemic area of dengue fever in the past 12 months;
7. History of endoscopy (e.g. gastroscopy, enteroscopy, nasopharyngoscopy, etc.) in the past 4 months.

To ensure blood safety, you must not give blood if…

1. You or your sexual partner is an HIV carrier;
2. You are a hepatitis B or C carrier;
3. You have ever received money for sex;
4. You have ever been an intravenous drug user.

You must not give blood for 1 year if you have had sex with…

1. Anyone who has ever hired a male or female prostitute;
2. An intravenous drug user;
3. A partner who are suspected to be HIV positive;
4. A partner who has ever received coagulation factor therapy;
5. If you are a man who has had sex with another man, or if you are a woman whose male partner has had sex with another man;
6. A partner who, in the previous year, has had multiple sexual partners.