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Sexually Transmitted Disease — can I give blood? (American Red Cross (US))

What is the waiting period for Sexually Transmitted Disease — can I give blood? (American Red Cross (US))?

For Sexually Transmitted Disease, waiting period is 3 months; condition is after treatment for syphilis or gonorrhea; chlamydia, venereal warts (HPV), or genital herpes are not a cause for deferral; outcome is temporary deferral; blood service is American Red Cross (US), recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

Sexually Transmitted Disease Wait 3 months after treatment for syphilis or gonorrhea.

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.
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Waiting period
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Condition
after treatment for syphilis or gonorrhea; chlamydia, venereal warts (HPV), or genital herpes are not a cause for deferral
Outcome
temporary deferral our reading

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