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Cold/Covid symptoms — can I give blood? (Irish Blood Transfusion Service)

What is the waiting period for Cold/Covid symptoms — can I give blood? (Irish Blood Transfusion Service)?

For Cold/Covid symptoms, waiting period is 7 days; condition is no cold/covid symptoms in last 7 days; outcome is temporary deferral; blood service is Irish Blood Transfusion Service, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

no cold/covid symptoms in last 7 days

giveblood.ie, retrieved 2026-08-06

7 days
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.
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Criterion
Cold/Covid symptoms verified
Blood service
Irish Blood Transfusion Service our reading
Waiting period
7 days verified
Condition
no cold/covid symptoms in last 7 days verified
Outcome
temporary deferral our reading

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