# Sickle Cell — Blood donor deferral criteria compared across national blood services

For Sickle Cell, blood service is American Red Cross (US); waiting period is permanent exclusion; condition is for sickle cell disease; platelet and plasma donation acceptable with sickle cell trait; outcome is permanent exclusion, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Criterion:** Sickle Cell _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Blood service:** American Red Cross (US) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Waiting period:** permanent exclusion
- **Condition:** for sickle cell disease; platelet and plasma donation acceptable with sickle cell trait
- **Outcome:** permanent exclusion _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Those with sickle cell disease are not eligible to donate.

## 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/).