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INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND
EDUCATION OF PROSPECTIVE BLOOD DONORS
SELECTION OF BLOOD DONORS
AIM OF THE PRESENT DOCUMENT

RECOMMENDATIONS

THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS
Age
Body weight
Fasting
ABO blood group

FOR FEMALES ONLY
Menstrual period
Pregnancy
Breastfeeding

PERSONAL HEALTH CARE ISSUES
Dental procedures
Vaccines/Immunizations
Medication

FOR TRAVELERS
Travel

HOW IS YOUR SKIN?
Allergies
Skin lesions at the venipuncture site

RISKY PRACTICES
Body piercing
Tattoos
Drug use (recreational)
Sexual behaviours

ARE YOU WELL?
Body temperature/Fever
Blood pressure (arterial)/Hypertension
Pulse

MAKING SURE YOUR BLOOD IS GOOD
Hemoglobin level/Hematocrit
Blood volume to be collected
Interval between donations
Polycythemia vera

CHRONIC ILLNESSES
Cancer
Diabetes
Epilepsy/Seizures
Heart and blood vessel disease

INFECTIOUS CONDITIONS
General considerations
Babesiosis
Brucellosis
Common cold
Dengue
Hepatitis
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Leishmaniasis
Malaria
Syphilis
Toxoplasmosis
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
Trypanosoma cruzi/Chagas’ disease

HAVE YOU BEEN TREATED AT A HOSPITAL?
Major surgery
Transfusion
Transplant

UNDESIRABLE PAST EXPERIENCES
History of severe post donation reaction
Incarceration

CRITERIA IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ANNEXES