What are the requirements for giving blood? Especially the age limit?

Question

I'm 16, believe it or not I DO NOT do drugs, I weigh 177 pounds. Any other requirements that you know of? Do you have to be 16 or 18 to give blood? I'm giving blood this Saturday, March 24 and April 23 (if I meet the other requirements). Are the dates too close together?

Answer 1

Depending on the state you can be as young as 16 but you may need parental permission.

They will ask you a history of places you've been, things you've done, etc. It gets VERY personal so be prepared for this. They also check your blood at the time to make sure you're not anemic. If you've recently been sick or are on certain meds this may also nullify you as a donor.

Tattoos, I imagine body piercings can disqualify you as well.

I don't know if the time requirement differs by blood bank, etc but I do know that 1 month apart will be far too short. I believe United Blood Services makes you wait 8 weeks between donations.

Their website: http://www.unitedbloodservices.org/

I'm sure many other questions might be answered there as well.

I also think you need to be careful about having drank caffeine recently. You want to be pretty well hydrated, of course drug free (which you covered).

I've done it before but I don't recall all the hoops I had to jump through to do it. Be prepared to give up an hour of your time for the screening process as well as donation itself.

I hope this has helped you some. Good luck! :)

Answer 2

some states you can do it at 16 with parental consent, others require you to be 17. you can do it every 56 days. There are some questions you'll have to answer, and if you're fine with all of those, they check your iron, blood pressure, temperature, if alll that is fine.. you're good.
You may want to consider being a double red donor.. if that's possible where you are giving. you must meet all the other requirements, meet the weight requirement (which is.. 175 maybe for female?) and the height requirment (5' 5" for female)
for Red Cross you may donate blood once every 56 days

Answer 3

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