HIV risk factors (incarceration) — can I give blood? (Vitalant (US))
12 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.
For HIV risk factors (incarceration), waiting period is 12 months; condition is after being in juvenile detention, lockup, jail or prison for more than 72 consecutive hours; outcome is temporary deferral; blood service is Vitalant (US), recorded from its source on 2026-08-13.
- Criterion
- HIV risk factors (incarceration) verified
- Blood service
- Vitalant (US) our reading
- Waiting period
- 12 months verified
- Condition
- after being in juvenile detention, lockup, jail or prison for more than 72 consecutive hours 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.
What the source says
Individuals in juvenile detention, lockup, jail or prison for more than 72 consecutive hours will be deferred from giving blood for 12 months.
— vitalant.org, retrieved 2026-08-13
Source
- vitalant.orghttps://www.vitalant.org/eligibility