Immunization, Vaccination — can I give blood? (American Red Cross (US))
What is the waiting period for Immunization, Vaccination — can I give blood? (American Red Cross (US))?
For Immunization, Vaccination, waiting period is 4 weeks; condition is after immunizations for Measles, MMR, MMRV, Chicken Pox and Zostavax; 2 weeks after Mumps, Polio (by mouth), and Yellow Fever; no waiting period for influenza, RSV, pneumonia, tetanus, meningitis, HPV, SHINGRIX, or non-replicating COVID-19 vaccines; outcome is temporary deferral; blood service is American Red Cross (US), recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.
Wait 4 weeks after immunizations for Measles, MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella), MMRV (measles, mumps, rubella, varicella), Chicken Pox and Zostavax, the live shingles vaccine. Wait 2 weeks after immunizations for Mumps, Polio (by mouth), and Yellow Fever vaccine.
— redcrossblood.org, retrieved 2026-08-06
4 weeks
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
- Immunization, Vaccination
- Blood service
- American Red Cross (US) our reading
- Waiting period
- 4 weeks verified
- Condition
- after immunizations for Measles, MMR, MMRV, Chicken Pox and Zostavax; 2 weeks after Mumps, Polio (by mouth), and Yellow Fever; no waiting period for influenza, RSV, pneumonia, tetanus, meningitis, HPV, SHINGRIX, or non-replicating COVID-19 vaccines
- 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