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Conditions for donation

Remember that you donate blood to help a sick and weakened person. Before each donation, confirm by signing the "Blood Donor Questionnaire" that you do not consider yourself to be at risk. Most people meet the necessary conditions for donation, so we are happy to welcome you to our department - whether as a new or regular blood donor.

 

A healthy person who meets the following conditions can become a donor:
  • Age 18-65 ( donation can be made until 66th birthday).
  • A person can become a first-time donor only up to the age of 60 (till the 61st birthday).
  • Minimum weight 50 kg.
  • They are not alcoholics or drug users, nor have they been treated for substance abuse or alcoholism.
  • They do not belong to the so-called group of people with risky behaviour (drug use, sex life with drugs addicts, promiscuous lifestyle, especially with foreign partners, etc.).
  • They are not HIV positive, they are not in a close relationship with an HIV positive person.
  • They are not monitored in the connection with venereal disease.
  • There was no infectious hepatitis B, C or other serious liver disease.
  • There is no one with Creutzfeld-Jakob disease in any blood relatives.
  • There was no tuberculosis, syphilis, malaria or any other tropical disease.
  • There was no typhus or paratyphoid.
  • There was no tularemia, nor brucellosis.
  • There is no diseases of the nervous system - epilepsy or multiple sclerosis.
  • There is no psychiatric illness.
  • There is no rheumatic disease.
  • There is no serious skin disease.
  • They are not severe-allergy sufferers with year-round difficulties.
  • There are no serious chronic diseases of the lungs, heart and blood vessels, kidneys, digestive tract.
  • There is no chronic blood disease.
  • They are not insulin-treated diabetics - treatment with oral antidiabetic drugs (PAD) without support therapy can be accepted.
  • They are not treated with human growth hormone or any other preparation with human pituitary gland.
  • They had no transplantation of organs, including the cornea.
  • They did not live in England or France for more than 12 months between 1980 and 1996.

Všechna onemocnění prodělaná během života je nutno uvést před odběrem krve – viz Dotazník pro dárce. Další formality a vyšetření provedeme na transfúzním oddělení bezprostředně před odběrem krve. Darování krve může být uskutečněno pouze v případě vyhovujících výsledků těchto vyšetření.

The suitability for donation will be decided by the doctor of the transfusion department on the basis of the facts you have provided.

 

  • The most common reasons for temporary exclusion from blood donation

    This dataset is informative only! Conditions are subject to change according to the current recommendations of higher authorities and professional societies.
    In case of any doubts, you can consult on the phone +420 800 100 876 or e-mail darci@nemji.cz

    Reason for exclusion
    Length of exclusion
    Allergies, hay fever
    Blood can only be donated during periods without allergy symptoms. We do not recommend donation for people who have allergy symptoms all year round.
    Acute infection or fever above 38°C
    Exclusion for at least 14 days after the end of treatment and symptom resolution.
    Contact with an infectious person (family member)
    A ban for 14-21 days after recovery.
    Use of antibiotics, antivirals and antifungals
    28 days after use.
    Sick leave
    Can be donated after termination of the sick leave.
    Mononucleosis
    1 year after recovery.
    Tick bite
    In 4 weeks at the earliest, if there are no symptoms of the disease and no evidence of Lyme disease or tick-borne encephalitis.
    Tick-borne encephalitis
    1 year after the clinical recovery.
    Borreliosis
    Cutaneous form - 6 months after administration of antibiotics,
    neurological form - 2 years based on laboratory results, with chronic infection there comes a permanent exclusion.
    After returning from European countries
    According to the current situation (see table below Travelling in Europe).
    After returning from countries outside Europe
    28 days,
    6 months - if the country is at risk of contracting malaria,
    12 months of prophylactic use of antimalarials.
    After dental treatment
    In 1 week, if there are no problems.
    Tooth extraction
    In a week, in the case of suturing the wound in a week after removal of the stitches.
    Minor surgical procedures (wound suturing), carpal tunnel surgery
    Exclusion 7 days after healing (after removal of stitches) - at the same time after the end of the sick leave.
    Surgeries, major surgical procedures
    Exclusion for 4 months.
    Plaster fixation
    14 days to 3 months after removal (depending on the nature of the injury).
    Tattoos (including permanent makeup, henna), acupuncture, piercings, ear piercing
    Exclusion for 4 months.
    Endoscopic examination
    Exclusion for 4 months.
    Léčená hypertense (vysoký krevní tlak) užívání léků na vysoký krevní tlak
    If the BP is within normal limits and the medication does not contain more than 3 active substances, there is no contraindication to blood donation.
    Hormonal contraception
    There's no harm in donating blood.
    Pregnancy, lactation (breastfeeding)
    Women must not donate blood during pregnancy and lactation (6 months after giving birth and 1 month after the end of lactation).
    Miscarriage, termination of pregnancy
    6 months after miscarriage or termination of pregnancy.
    Menstruation
    It is not possible to donate blood during menstruation, it can be donated after 7 days from the end of menstruation.
    Anti-D immunisation
    6 months.
    Receiving a transfusion
    4 months.
    Očkování tetanus, chřipka, meningokok klíšťová encefalitida, vzteklina, chřipka, černý kašel, záškrt
    After 48 hours if the donor is free of complications and the vaccination was not given after exposure to the disease. 
    Po 48 hodinách - vakcína trojkombinace.
    Exclusion for 1 year if vaccination is done after exposure to the disease.
    Vaccination against TB, typhoid, mumps, measles
    Exclusion for 4 weeks after application.
    Hepatitis A vaccines
    After 48 hours if the donor is free of complications and the vaccination was not given after exposure to the disease.
    Hepatitis B vaccines
    1 month.
    Covid-19 vaccination (after each dose)
    mRNA vaccine (Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna) postponement 7 days if no further difficulties occur, otherwise 14 days after resolution of symptoms.
    Protein vaccines (Novavax, Sanofi) delay 7 days if no further difficulties occur, otherwise 14 days after resolution of symptoms.
    Vector vaccines (Astra Zeneca, Johnson & Johnson) deferred for 28 days.
    Smallpox
    Vaccination - 8 week ban.
    In case of contact with a sick person - 14 day ban.
    Psoriasis
    It depends on the extent and location of the damage. Extensive damage (especially if it requires total treatment) and damage at the injection site are a disadvantage. Some drugs containing psoralens permanently prevent donation.
    Diabetes
    Yes, if the sugar level is normal, when compensated by the diet or when treated with oral antidiabetic drugs (PAD) without supportive therapy.
    When treating diabetes with insulin, blood cannot be donated.
    Celiacs
    Permanent exclusion.
    Antidepressants
    6 months after the end of treatment.
    Herpes
    Exclusion for 14 days after complete healing (shingles block 1 month after completion of treatment).
    Working in a hazardous (infectious) environment
    Work in the infectious diseases and pulmonary ward - cannot be donated.
    Other workplaces individually with regard to the current incidence of infectious disease.
    Repeated collapses during donation.
    Permanent exclusion.
  • Travelling in Europe
    Country
    Oblasti
    Temporary exclusion
    Platnost od
    Poznámka
    Maďarsko
    celá země
    28 days
    1. 5. 2024 - 31. 10. 2024
    přenocování v dané oblasti
    Rumunsko
    celá země vyjma přímořských letovisek regionů Constanța a Mangalia
    28 days
    1. 5. 2024 - 31. 10. 2024
    přenocování v dané oblasti
    Řecko
    celá pevninská část a ostrov Thasos
    28 days
    1. 5. 2024 - 31. 10. 2024
    přenocování v dané oblasti
    Srbsko
    celá země
    28 days
    1. 5. 2024 - 31. 10. 2024
    přenocování v dané oblasti
    Itálie
    provincie: Emilia Romana, Piemont, Lombardie, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia
    28 days
    1. 5. 2024 - 31. 10. 2024
    přenocování v dané oblasti
  • Travelling outside Europe

    Below you can find a selected list of countries and the full list of countries here..

    Travelling outside Europe
    Country
    Temporary exclusion
    Belarus
    without restrictions
    Egypt
    28 days
    Israel
    28 days
    The Canary Islands
    28 days
    Madeira
    28 days
    Russia
    without restrictions
    Tunis
    28 days
    Tunisia
    28 days
    Turkey
    28 days
    Ukraine
    without restrictions