Reference Source

Travel (malaria risk, 24 hours or less)

For Travel (malaria risk, 24 hours or less), blood service is Canadian Blood Services; waiting period is 21 days; condition is if you have spent 24 hours or less in Mexico, Central America, South America or the Caribbean, and were in an area with a risk of malaria; outcome is temporary deferral, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

Criterion
Travel (malaria risk, 24 hours or less)
Blood service
Canadian Blood Services our reading
Waiting period
21 days
Condition
if you have spent 24 hours or less in Mexico, Central America, South America or the Caribbean, and were in an area with a risk of malaria
Outcome
temporary deferral our reading
Sourceblood.ca
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

If you have spent 24 hours or less in Mexico, Central America, South America or the Caribbean

blood.ca, 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.