FDA Donor Eligibility Update - LifeStream Blood Bank

FDA Donor Eligibility Update

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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!

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: with anyone who has HIV/AIDS or has had a positive test for the HIV/AIDS virus with a prostitute or anyone else who takes money or drugs or other payment for sex with anyone who has ever used needles to take drugs or steroids, or anything not prescribed by their doctor	1 year	3 months	3 months
Sexual contact: Male donors: with another male Female donors: with a male who had sexual contact with another male	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