Tuberculosis — can I give blood? (American Red Cross (US))
What is the waiting period for Tuberculosis — can I give blood? (American Red Cross (US))?
For Tuberculosis, waiting period is until treatment is successfully completed; condition is if you have active tuberculosis or are being treated for active tuberculosis; acceptable if positive skin test but no active TB and not taking antibiotics; outcome is temporary deferral; blood service is American Red Cross (US), recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.
If you have active tuberculosis or are being treated for active tuberculosis you can not donate. Acceptable if you have a positive skin test or blood test, but no active tuberculosis and are NOT taking antibiotics.
— redcrossblood.org, retrieved 2026-08-06
until treatment is successfully completed
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
- Tuberculosis verified
- Blood service
- American Red Cross (US) our reading
- Waiting period
- until treatment is successfully completed
- Condition
- if you have active tuberculosis or are being treated for active tuberculosis; acceptable if positive skin test but no active TB and not taking antibiotics
- 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