FDA Donor Eligibility Update
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!
LifeStream adjusted blood donation deferral periods as indicated below, effective September 12, 2022.
| Deferral | Former Deferral Period | Deferral Period Effective 7/20/20 | Deferral Period Effective 9/12/22 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood transfusion, transplant, graft, contact with someone else’s blood, accidental needle-stick | 1 year | 3 months | 3 months |
Sexual contact: | 1 year | 3 months | 3 months |
Sexual contact:
| 1 year | 3 months | 3 months |
| Tattoo not applied by a state regulated entity with sterile needles and non-reused ink | 1 year | 3 months | 3 months |
| Ear or body piercing (non-sterile needles were used) | 1 year | 3 months | 3 months |
| Treated for syphilis or gonorrhea | 1 year | 3 months | 3 months |
| Used needles to take drugs, steroids, or anything not prescribed by your doctor | Permanent | 3 months | 3 months |
| Received money, drugs, or other payment for sex | Permanent | 3 months | 3 months |
| Those who traveled to malaria-endemic areas | 1 year | 3 months | 3 months |
| Injection of Bovine (from cows) Insulin | Permanent | No deferral | No deferral |
| U.S. military bases in Europe | Permanent (From 1980 through 1996) | No deferral | No deferral |
Traveled to the United Kingdom and other parts of Europe for extended periods of time | Permanent | Permanent | No deferral |
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