# Tattoos/Piercing — Blood donor deferral criteria compared across national blood services

For Tattoos/Piercing, blood service is Irish Blood Transfusion Service; waiting period is 4 months; condition is no tattoos/piercing in last 4 months; outcome is temporary deferral, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Criterion:** Tattoos/Piercing _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Blood service:** Irish Blood Transfusion Service _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Waiting period:** 4 months _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Condition:** no tattoos/piercing in last 4 months _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Outcome:** temporary deferral _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> no tattoos/piercing in last 4 months

## 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/).