# Hepatitis, Jaundice — Blood donor deferral criteria compared across national blood services

For Hepatitis, Jaundice, blood service is American Red Cross (US); waiting period is permanent exclusion; condition is if you ever tested positive for hepatitis B or hepatitis C, at any age; outcome is permanent exclusion, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Criterion:** Hepatitis, Jaundice
- **Blood service:** American Red Cross (US) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Waiting period:** permanent exclusion
- **Condition:** if you ever tested positive for hepatitis B or hepatitis C, at any age _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Outcome:** permanent exclusion _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> If you ever tested positive for hepatitis B or hepatitis C, at any age, you are not eligible to donate, even if you were never sick or jaundiced from the infection.

## 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/).