Please inform the attending doctor or nurse if you have been to:
- Malaria endemic areas such as Thailand, East Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines or India in the last 6 weeks;
- Laos, Myanmar or Vietnam in the last 3 years; or
- North America or Canada in the last 4 weeks.
If you have visited any of the countries above, you can still give blood if you weigh more than 50 kg and your haemoglobin level is more than 12.5g/dl.
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United Kingdom or France
You will not be eligible to donate blood indefinitely if you have:
- Visited or lived in the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man or the Channel Island) between 1980 and 1996 for a cumulative period of 3 months or more;
- Received a transfusion of blood or blood components in the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man or the Channel Island) from 1980 onwards; or
- Visited or lived in France from 1980 onwards for a cumulative period of 5 years or more.
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Other European countries
You can only donate plasma through apheresis if you have stayed in Europe (outside of the United Kingdom and France) for a cumulative period of more than 5 years from 1980 onwards.
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