2006-09-13 21:16:23 · 5 answers · asked by mickeyask 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
tattoing causes needle pricks and instruments are used which may have transmitted diseases like Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C, which may infect the recepient. As it is there is no way of knowing until after the donation takes place and tests are carried out routinely to label the blood as safe for transfusion by blood banks.
2006-09-13 21:25:10 · answer #1 · answered by nazeerhal15 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
After receiving a tattoo, most blood-banks require you to wait a minimum of one year before donating. Just a precaution so they don't receive contaminated blood IF you had contracted any blood-born disease during your tattooing. Some blood-banks also apply this same rule to body piercing.
So, be honest when answering the blood-bank questions; they ask them to protect the blood supply.
2006-09-14 01:07:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if it applies to all tattoos or just recent ones, but it is due to the possibility of blood infections passed to that person by the needle.
2006-09-13 21:26:00 · answer #3 · answered by Warren D 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not all tattoos are done with professional cleanliness. Some instrument are not sanitized or used with out precautions. some are done in jail or prison which defiantly means no sanitary conditions. So HIV or hepatitis could be a possibility or even STD or some other communicable disease,
2006-09-13 21:30:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they can they just have to wait a while because the needles might have been dirty its precautions
2006-09-13 21:23:42 · answer #5 · answered by cute_redneck_girl 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋