Medical Eligibility

  1. Have you any reason to believe that you may be infected by either Hepatitis, Malaria, HIV/AIDS, and/or venereal disease ?
  2. In the last 6 months have you had any history of the following:- - Unexplained weight loss - Repeated Diarrhoea - Swollen glands - Continuous low-grade fever
  3. In the last 6 months have you had any :- - Tattooing - Ear Piercing - Dental Extraction
  4. Do you suffer from or have suffered from any of the following diseases? - Heart Disease - Lung Disease - Kidney Disease - Cancer / Malignant Disease - Epilepsy - Diabetes - Tuberculosis - Abnormal bleeding tendency - Hepatitis B / C - Allergic Disease - Jaundice (last 1 yr) - Sexually Trans. diseases - Malaria (6 months) - Typhoid (last 1 yr) - Fainting spells
  5. Are you taking or have taken any of these in the past 72 hours? - Antibiotics - Aspirin - Alcohol - Steroids - Vaccinations - Dog Bite / Rabies vaccine (1 yr)
  6. Is there any history of surgery or blood transfusion in the past 6 months ? - Major Minor Blood Transfusion
  7. For women donors, - Are you pregnant - Have you had an abortion in the last 3 months - Do you have a child less than one year old?
If answer to any of the above is "yes" then you are not medically eligible to donate blood.