# Ebola Disease (Diagnosis or Exposure) — Blood donor deferral criteria compared across national blood services

For Ebola Disease (Diagnosis or Exposure), blood service is American Red Cross (US); waiting period is permanent exclusion; condition is if you have ever had Ebola disease; 8 weeks after travel to a country with an Ebola outbreak or after exposure; outcome is permanent exclusion, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Criterion:** Ebola Disease (Diagnosis or Exposure)
- **Blood service:** American Red Cross (US) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Waiting period:** permanent exclusion
- **Condition:** if you have ever had Ebola disease; 8 weeks after travel to a country with an Ebola outbreak or after exposure
- **Outcome:** permanent exclusion _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> You are not eligible to donate if you have ever had Ebola disease.

## Source

- https://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/how-to-donate/eligibility-requirements/eligibility-criteria-alphabetical.html

Last verified: 2026-08-06. Review by: 2027-02-02.
Part of [Blood donor deferral criteria compared across national blood services](https://referencesource.org/blood-donor-deferral-criteria/).