Tattoos/Piercing — can I give blood? (Irish Blood Transfusion Service)
What is the waiting period for Tattoos/Piercing — can I give blood? (Irish Blood Transfusion Service)?
For Tattoos/Piercing, waiting period is 4 months; condition is no tattoos/piercing in last 4 months; outcome is temporary deferral; blood service is Irish Blood Transfusion Service, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.
no tattoos/piercing in last 4 months
— giveblood.ie, retrieved 2026-08-06
4 months
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
- Tattoos/Piercing verified
- Blood service
- Irish Blood Transfusion Service our reading
- Waiting period
- 4 months verified
- Condition
- no tattoos/piercing in last 4 months verified
- 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
- giveblood.iehttps://www.giveblood.ie/can-i-give-blood/