Reference Source

Surgery

For Surgery, blood service is American Red Cross (US); waiting period is individual assessment; condition is the underlying condition that precipitated the surgery requires evaluation; case by case basis; outcome is individual assessment, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

Criterion
Surgery verified
Blood service
American Red Cross (US) our reading
Waiting period
individual assessment
Condition
the underlying condition that precipitated the surgery requires evaluation; case by case basis verified
Outcome
individual assessment our reading
Sourceredcrossblood.org
Verified2026-08-06
Review by2027-02-02
DatasetBlood donor deferral criteria compared across national blood services

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.

What the source says

It is not necessarily surgery but the underlying condition that precipitated the surgery that requires evaluation before donation. Evaluation is on a case by case basis.

redcrossblood.org, retrieved 2026-08-06

Source

Last verified against source: 2026-08-06. Due for re-check by 2027-02-02. This page as Markdown · OKF bundle · full dataset as JSON.