High Blood Pressure — can I give blood? (Vitalant (US))
no waiting period
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.
For High Blood Pressure, waiting period is no waiting period; condition is if blood pressure is within acceptable range on day of donation, regardless of medication; outcome is accept; blood service is Vitalant (US), recorded from its source on 2026-08-13.
- Criterion
- High Blood Pressure verified
- Blood service
- Vitalant (US) our reading
- Waiting period
- no waiting period verified
- Condition
- if blood pressure is within acceptable range on day of donation, regardless of medication verified
- Outcome
- accept 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.
What the source says
High Blood Pressure: If you have high blood pressure, you are eligible to donate if your blood pressure is within an acceptable range when taken on the day of donation, regardless of medication.
— vitalant.org, retrieved 2026-08-13
Source
- vitalant.orghttps://www.vitalant.org/eligibility