# Antibiotics — Blood donor deferral criteria compared across national blood services

For Antibiotics, blood service is Canadian Blood Services; waiting period is temporary deferral; condition is depending on the reason for taking antibiotics, you may be temporarily unable to donate; if taking antibiotics to treat an infection, you should not donate; outcome is temporary deferral, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Criterion:** Antibiotics _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Blood service:** Canadian Blood Services _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Waiting period:** temporary deferral
- **Condition:** depending on the reason for taking antibiotics, you may be temporarily unable to donate; if taking antibiotics to treat an infection, you should not donate _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Outcome:** temporary deferral _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Depending on the reason for taking antibiotics, you may be temporarily unable to donate. For example, if you are taking antibiotics to treat an infection, you should not donate blood, platelets or plasma.

## Source

- https://www.blood.ca/en/blood/am-i-eligible-donate-blood/eligibility/medications-vaccinations

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/).