DONOR GUIDELINES
Eligibilities
- The donor must be 18 - 60 years of age and should have a minimum weight of 50Kg.
- The donor’s Haemoglobin level should be 12.5% minimum.
- The donor cannot donate blood again until 3 months after their last blood donation.
- The donor's pulse rate must be between 50 to 100, without any irregularities.
- The dono'r blood pressure should be 50 to 100 mm Hg (Diastolic) and 100 to 180 mm Hg(Systolic).
- The donor's oral temperature should not exceed 37.5 degree Celsius.
Non-Eligibilities
- Donors who suffer from Cardiac arrest, hypertension, kidney ailments, epilepsy or diabetes.
- Donors who are HIV+, have Hepatitis, or any other communicable diseases.
- Ladies who have had a bad miscarriage in the past 6 months.
- Donor who have been treated for malaria within the last 3 months.
- Donors who have undergone any immunization within the past 1 month.
- Donors who have consumed alcohol in the last 24 hours.
- Donors who have had dental work in the last 24 hours, or a major dental procedure in the past 1 month.
- Donors who have been tattooed in the last 6 months.