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| | | | Basic Requirements |  | Be in generally good health and
feeling well. | | Be at least 17 years of
age; upper age 60 (420d*). | | Weigh at least 110 pounds (45 kg).
| | Pulse: 80 to 100
beats/min and regular. | | Temperature: Should not exceed 99.5 (37.5c).
| | Blood Pressure:
acceptable range is 160/90 to 110/60. | | Skin: the venipuncture site should be free of
any lesion or scar of needle pricks indicative of addiction to narcotics or
frequent Blood donation (as in the case of professional Blood donors).
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| | | Donation Frequency | | Whole Blood donors may donate every
56 days. | | Plasma donors may
donate twice a week (max. every 48 hours.) | | Platelet donors may donate a maximum of 24
times per year. | | Other specialized donations are subject to
other rules. |
| | | Do not donate blood if | | You have ever tested positive for
HIV, | | You have ever injected
yourself with drugs or other substances not prescribed by a physician,
| | You are a man and have
had sex with another man, even once, | | You have hemophilia or another Blood clotting
disorder and received clotting factor concentrate, | | You have engaged in sex for drugs or money
since 1977, | | You have been held in a
correctional facility (including jails, prisons and/or detention centers) for
more than 72 hours in the last 12 months,
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