# High Blood Pressure — can I give blood? (Vitalant (US))

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: appears in the quote below)_
- **Blood service:** Vitalant (US) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Waiting period:** no waiting period _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Condition:** if blood pressure is within acceptable range on day of donation, regardless of medication _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Outcome:** accept _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## 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.

## Source

- https://www.vitalant.org/eligibility

Last verified: 2026-08-13. Review by: 2027-02-09.
Part of [Blood donor deferral criteria compared across national blood services](https://referencesource.org/blood-donor-deferral-criteria/).