Cold, Flu — can I give blood? (American Red Cross (US))
What is the waiting period for Cold, Flu — can I give blood? (American Red Cross (US))?
For Cold, Flu, waiting period is until symptoms resolve; condition is wait if you have a fever or a productive cough; wait until you have completed antibiotic treatment for sinus, throat or lung infection; outcome is temporary deferral; blood service is American Red Cross (US), recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.
Wait if you have a fever or a productive cough (bringing up phlegm). Wait if you do not feel well on the day of donation. Wait until you have completed antibiotic treatment for sinus, throat or lung infection.
— redcrossblood.org, retrieved 2026-08-06
until symptoms resolve
How long you must wait before donating (or the age/weight bound), exactly as this blood service prints it — the passage it comes from is quoted on the record page. National services genuinely disagree on the same criterion; check the service you would donate with.
- Criterion
- Cold, Flu
- Blood service
- American Red Cross (US) our reading
- Waiting period
- until symptoms resolve
- Condition
- wait if you have a fever or a productive cough; wait until you have completed antibiotic treatment for sinus, throat or lung infection
- Outcome
- temporary deferral our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
Source
- redcrossblood.orghttps://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/how-to-donate/eligibility-requirements/eligibility-criteria-alphabetical.html