Body piercing — can I give blood? (JPAC / UK Blood and Tissue Services)
What is the waiting period for Body piercing — can I give blood? (JPAC / UK Blood and Tissue Services)?
For Body piercing, waiting period is 4 months; condition is Less than 4 months from last piercing; outcome is temporary deferral; blood service is JPAC / UK Blood and Tissue Services, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.
Must not donate if: Less than 4 months from last piercing.
— jpac.org.uk, 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
- Body piercing
- Blood service
- JPAC / UK Blood and Tissue Services our reading
- Waiting period
- 4 months verified
- Condition
- Less than 4 months from last piercing verified
- Outcome
- temporary deferral our reading
- Guideline version
- WB-DSG Edition 203 Release 76 (30 April 2025)
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
- jpac.org.ukhttps://www.jpac.org.uk/guidelines/wb/index/body-piercing/