Infections — can I give blood? (American Red Cross (US))
What is the waiting period for Infections — can I give blood? (American Red Cross (US))?
For Infections, waiting period is until infection has resolved; condition is wait until finished taking oral antibiotics; wait 10 days after last antibiotic injection; Chagas Disease or Leishmaniasis are permanent exclusion; outcome is temporary deferral; blood service is American Red Cross (US), recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.
If you have a fever or an active infection, wait until the infection has resolved completely before donating blood. Wait until finished taking oral antibiotics for an infection (bacterial or viral). Wait 10 days after the last antibiotic injection for an infection. Those who have had infections with Chagas Disease or Leishmaniasis are not eligible to donate.
— redcrossblood.org, retrieved 2026-08-06
until infection has resolved
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
- Infections verified
- Blood service
- American Red Cross (US) our reading
- Waiting period
- until infection has resolved
- Condition
- wait until finished taking oral antibiotics; wait 10 days after last antibiotic injection; Chagas Disease or Leishmaniasis are permanent exclusion
- 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