# Cold/Covid symptoms — Blood donor deferral criteria compared across national blood services

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

- **Criterion:** Cold/Covid symptoms _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Blood service:** Irish Blood Transfusion Service _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Waiting period:** 7 days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Condition:** no cold/covid symptoms in last 7 days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Outcome:** temporary deferral _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> no cold/covid symptoms in last 7 days

## Source

- https://www.giveblood.ie/can-i-give-blood/

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/).