DOs and DON'Ts of blood donation

In order to ensure safe and health environment to both donors as well as recipients, we greatly recommend to follow the below rules:

DO donate blood, only if you satisfy all of the following conditions

	You are between age group of 18-60 years.
	Your weight is 45 kgs or more.
	Your hemoglobin is 12.5 gm% minimum.
	Your last blood donation was 3 or more months earlier.
	You are healthy and have not suffered from malaria, typhoid or other transmissible disease in the recent past.

	Cold / fever in the past 1 week.
	Under treatment with antibiotics or any other medication.
	Cardiac problems, hypertension, epilepsy, diabetes (on insulin therapy), history of cancer, chronic kidney or liver disease, bleeding tendencies, venereal disease etc.
	Major surgery in the last 6 months.
	Vaccination in the last 24 hours.
	Had a miscarriage in the last 6 months or have been pregnant / lactating in the last one year.
	Had fainting attacks during last donation.
	Have regularly received treatment with blood products.
	Shared a needle to inject drugs/ have history of drug addiction.
	Had sexual relations with different partners or with a high risk individual.
	Been tested positive for antibodies to HIV.