Intravenous Drug Use — can I give blood? (American Red Cross (US))
What is the waiting period for Intravenous Drug Use — can I give blood? (American Red Cross (US))?
For Intravenous Drug Use, waiting period is 3 months; condition is after using needles to inject drugs that were not prescribed by a physician; outcome is temporary deferral; blood service is American Red Cross (US), recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.
Wait 3 months after using needles to inject drugs that were not prescribed by a physician. This requirement is related to concerns about hepatitis and HIV.
— redcrossblood.org, retrieved 2026-08-06
3 months
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
- Intravenous Drug Use
- Blood service
- American Red Cross (US) our reading
- Waiting period
- 3 months verified
- Condition
- after using needles to inject drugs that were not prescribed by a physician verified
- 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