Blood Donation -- Do's and Don'ts

Blood Donation -- Do's and Don'ts

Blood donation is a very noble deed as it saves some one's life. I recieved one email article containing various do's and donts on Blood Donation which I just thought I would share it out with others here:

Dos:

1. You are between age group of 18-60 years.
2. Your weight is 45 kilograms or more.
3. Your hemoglobin is 12.5 gm% minimum.
4. Your last blood donation was 3 months earlier.
5. You are healthy and have not suffered from malaria, typhoid or other transmissible disease in the recent past.
6. You have eaten a low fat healthy diet few hours before donating blood

Donts:

1. You have suffered from cold / fever in the past 1 week.
2. You are under treatment with antibiotics or any other medication.
3. You had undergone a major surgery in the last 6 months.
4. You had taken any vaccination in the last 24 hours.
5. You had a miscarriage in the last 6 months or have been pregnant / lactating in the last one year.
6. You had fainting attacks during last donation.
7. You have regularly received treatment with blood products.
8. You shared a needle to inject drugs/ have history of drug addiction.
9. You consumed alcohol in the last 24 hours.
10. You suffered dengue, chicken pox or typhoid in the last 2 years