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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has made changes to blood donation criteria that may make it possible for people previously deferred to give the gift of life!<\/h5>
LifeStream adjusted blood donation deferral periods as indicated below, effective September 12, 2022.

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Deferral<\/h5><\/th>
Former Deferral Period<\/h5><\/th>
Deferral Period Effective 7\/20\/20<\/h5><\/th>
Deferral Period Effective 9\/12\/22<\/h5><\/th><\/tr><\/tbody>
Blood transfusion, transplant, graft, contact with someone else\u2019s blood, accidental needle-stick<\/span><\/h5><\/td>
1 year<\/h5><\/td>
3 months<\/h5><\/td>
3 months<\/h5><\/td><\/tr>
Sexual contact:<\/span><\/h5>
  • with anyone who has HIV\/AIDS or has had a positive test for the HIV\/AIDS virus<\/span><\/h5><\/li>
  • with a prostitute or anyone else who takes money or drugs or other payment for sex<\/span><\/h5><\/li>
  • with anyone who has ever used needles to take drugs or steroids, or anything not prescribed by their doctor<\/span><\/h5><\/li><\/ul><\/td>
1 year<\/h5><\/td>
3 months<\/h5><\/td>
3 months<\/h5><\/td><\/tr>
Sexual contact:<\/span><\/h5>
  • Male donors: with another male<\/span><\/h5><\/li>
  • Female donors: with a male who had sexual contact with another male<\/span><\/h5><\/li><\/ul><\/td>
1 year<\/h5><\/td>
3 months<\/h5><\/td>
3 months<\/h5><\/td><\/tr>
Tattoo not applied by a state regulated entity with sterile needles and non-reused ink<\/span><\/h5><\/td>
1 year<\/h5><\/td>
3 months<\/h5><\/td>
3 months<\/h5><\/td><\/tr>
Ear or body piercing (non-sterile needles were used)<\/span><\/h5><\/td>
1 year<\/h5><\/td>
3 months<\/h5><\/td>
3 months<\/h5><\/td><\/tr>
Treated for syphilis or gonorrhea<\/span><\/h5><\/td>
1 year<\/h5><\/td>
3 months<\/h5><\/td>
3 months<\/h5><\/td><\/tr>
Used needles to take drugs, steroids, or anything not prescribed by your doctor<\/span><\/h5><\/td>
Permanent<\/h5><\/td>
3 months<\/h5><\/td>
3 months<\/h5><\/td><\/tr>
Received money, drugs, or other payment for sex<\/span><\/h5><\/td>
Permanent<\/h5><\/td>
3 months<\/h5><\/td>
3 months<\/h5><\/td><\/tr>
Those who traveled to malaria-endemic areas<\/span><\/h5><\/td>
1 year<\/h5><\/td>
3 months<\/h5><\/td>
3 months<\/h5><\/td><\/tr>
Injection of Bovine (from cows) Insulin<\/span><\/h5><\/td>
Permanent<\/h5><\/td>
No deferral<\/h5><\/td>
No deferral<\/h5><\/td><\/tr>
U.S. military bases in Europe<\/span><\/h5><\/td>
Permanent (From 1980 through 1996)<\/h5><\/td>
No deferral<\/h5><\/td>
No deferral<\/h5><\/td><\/tr>
Traveled to the United Kingdom and other parts of Europe for extended periods of time<\/h5><\/td>
Permanent<\/h5><\/td>
Permanent<\/h5><\/td>
No deferral<\/h5><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody>