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Criteria for admission to blood donation:

  • Age from 18 years
  • Weight from 50 kg and body mass index from 18.5 and not more than 40
  • Body temperature 37°C and below
  • Pulse from 55 to 95 beats per minute
  • Pressure - 90-149 mm Hg (systolic), 60-89 mm Hg (diastolic)
  • Absence of contraindications from the list of absolute and temporary contraindications
  • You may need a residence permit of at least six months (in some regions, at least a year) in the region of donation. Here you can see the addresses of blood centers that are ready to accept donors without local residence permits.

Absolute contraindications to donation

  1. Infectious and parasitic diseases:
    • HIV infection,
    • hepatitis B and C viruses,
    • syphilis, congenital or acquired,
    • tuberculosis (all forms),
    • brucellosis,
    • typhus,
    • tularemia,
    • leprosy (Hansen's disease),
    • African trypanosomiasis,
    • Chagas disease,
    • leishmaniasis,
    • toxoplasmosis,
    • babesiosis,
    • chronic Q fever,
    • echinococcosis,
    • filariasis,
    • dracunculiasis,
    • repeated positive test result for markers of the disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV infection), repeated positive test result for markers of viral hepatitis B and C, repeated positive test result for markers of the causative agent of syphilis.
  2. Malignant neoplasms.
  3. Diseases of the blood, hematopoietic organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism.
  4. Diseases of the central nervous system (organic disorders).
  5. Complete lack of hearing and/or speech and/or vision.
  6. Mental disorders and behavioral disorders in a state of exacerbation and (or) posing a danger to the patient and others.
  7. Mental and behavioral disorders due to substance use.
  8. Diseases of the circulatory system:
    • hypertensive heart disease stage II-III,
    • ischemic heart disease,
    • thromboangiitis obliterans,
    • nonspecific aortoarteritis,
    • phlebitis and thrombophlebitis,
    • endocarditis,
    • myocarditis,
    • heart defect (congenital, acquired).
  9. Respiratory diseases:
    • bronchial asthma,
    • bronchiectasis,
    • emphysema.
  10. Diseases of the digestive system:
    • achylic gastritis,
    • chronic liver diseases, including unspecified,
    • toxic liver damage,
    • calculous cholecystitis with recurrent attacks and symptoms of cholangitis,
    • cirrhosis.
  11. Diseases of the genitourinary system in the decompensation stage:
    • diffuse and focal kidney lesions,
    • urolithiasis.
  12. Diseases of connective tissue, as well as acute and/or chronic osteomyelitis.
  13. Radiation sickness.
  14. Diseases of the endocrine system in the stage of decompensation.
  15. Diseases of the eye and its adnexa:
    • uveitis,
    • iritis,
    • iridocyclitis,
    • chorioretinal inflammation,
    • trachoma,
    • myopia 6 diopters or more.
  16. Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue:
    • psoriasis,
    • erythema,
    • eczema,
    • pyoderma,
    • sycosis,
    • pemphigus (pemphigus),
    • dermatophytosis,
    • furunculosis.
  17. Surgical interventions:
    • resection,
    • amputation,
    • removal of an organ (stomach, kidney, spleen, ovaries, uterus, etc.),
    • transplantation of organs and tissues resulting in permanent loss of ability to work (I and II disability groups),
    • xenotransplantation of organs.
  18. Permanent loss of ability to work (I and II disability groups).
  19. Female donor for donation of 2 units of red blood cell mass or suspension obtained by apheresis.
  20. Persons with repeated non-specific reactions to markers of human immunodeficiency viruses, hepatitis B and C, and the causative agent of syphilis.
  21. Persons with re-detected alloimmune antibodies to red blood cell antigens (except for plasma donors for the production of medicinal products).
  22. Persons with re-detected extra-agglutinins of anti-A1 (except for plasma donors for the production of medicinal products).

Temporary contraindications to donation

  1. Body weight less than 50 kg - until body weight reaches 50 kg
  2. Age under 20 years - for donation of 2 units of red blood cell mass or suspension obtained by apheresis - up to 20 years of age
  3. Body weight less than 70 kg - for donation of 2 units of red blood cell mass or suspension obtained by apheresis - until body weight reaches 70 kg.
  4. Hemoglobin less than 140 g/l - for donation of 2 units of red blood cell mass or suspension obtained by apheresis - until the hemoglobin level reaches 140 g/l
  5. Body temperature above 37 °C - until body temperature returns to normal (37 °C and below)
  6. Pulse less than 55 beats per minute and more than 95 beats per minute - until the pulse is normalized from 55 to 95 beats per minute
  7. Blood pressure: systolic less than 90 mmHg and more than 149 mmHg; diastolic — less than 60 mmHg and more than 89 mmHg — until normalization of systolic pressure: 90 - 149 mmHg; diastolic pressure: 60 - 89 mmHg.
  8. Body mass index - less than 18.5 and more than 40;
  9. Discrepancy between the results of the ABO blood group, Rh factor, C, c, E, e, K antigens test and the results of the previous donation test - until a confirmatory test is performed;
  10. Transfusion of blood and (or) its components - 120 calendar days from the date of transfusion;
  11. Primary detection of alloimmune antibodies to red blood cell antigens in a donor's blood sample - until confirmation of the absence of alloimmune antibodies to red blood cell antigens in the donor's blood sample no earlier than 180 calendar days after the primary detection;
  12. Surgical interventions, including artificial termination of pregnancy - 120 calendar days from the date of surgery;
  13. Medical and cosmetic procedures that involve damage to the skin (tattoos, piercings, acupuncture, etc.) - 120 calendar days from the end of the procedures;
  14. Contact with carriers and patients with viral hepatitis B or C, syphilis, disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV infection) - 120 calendar days after the end of the last contact
  15. A questionable result for markers of viral hepatitis B and/or viral hepatitis C, and/or disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV infection), and/or the causative agent of syphilis - until the absence of markers of viral hepatitis B and/or viral hepatitis C, and/or disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV infection), and/or the causative agent of syphilis is confirmed, but not earlier than 120 calendar days after receiving the questionable result of the laboratory test
  16. Past infectious diseases: history of malaria in the absence of symptoms and with negative results of immunological tests - 3 years.
  17. Typhoid fever after recovery and a complete clinical examination in the absence of pronounced functional disorders - 1 year;
  18. Tonsillitis, flu, acute respiratory viral infection - 30 calendar days after recovery; Past infectious and parasitic diseases not specified in Sections 1 and 2 of Appendix No. 2 to this order - 120 calendar days after recovery; Acute or chronic inflammatory processes in the acute stage, regardless of localization - 30 calendar days after the acute period has been stopped;
  19. Exacerbation of gastric ulcer and (or) duodenal ulcer - 1 year from the moment of relief of the acute period;
  20. Kidney diseases not specified in paragraph 12 of section 2 of Appendix No. 2 to this order - 1 year from the moment of relief of the acute period
  21. Allergic diseases in the acute stage - 60 calendar days after the acute period has been stopped;
  22. The period of pregnancy and lactation is 1 year after childbirth, 90 calendar days after the end of lactation;
  23. Vaccination:
    • Vaccination with inactivated vaccines (including against tetanus, diphtheria, whooping cough, paratyphoid, cholera, influenza), toxoids - 10 calendar days after vaccination;
    • Vaccination with live vaccines (including against brucellosis, plague, tularemia, tuberculosis, smallpox, rubella, poliomyelitis orally), administration of antitetanus serum (in the absence of pronounced inflammatory phenomena at the injection site) - 30 calendar days after vaccination;
    • Vaccination with recombinant vaccines (including against viral hepatitis B, coronavirus infection) - 30 calendar days after vaccination;
    • Administration of immunoglobulin against hepatitis B - 120 calendar days after vaccination;
    • Administration of immunoglobulin against tick-borne encephalitis - 120 calendar days after vaccination;
    • Rabies vaccination - 1 year after vaccination;
  24. Taking medications:
    • antibiotics - 14 calendar days after completion of treatment;
    • analgesics, anticoagulants, antiplatelet agents (including salicylates) - 3 calendar days after the end of administration;
  25. Alcohol intake - 48 hours;
  26. Deviation from the limits of the composition and biochemical parameters of peripheral blood (Appendix No. 2 to the Procedure for donors to undergo medical examination) - until the permissible limits of the parameter values are reached, but not earlier than 30 calendar days.

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