DONATE BLOOD
Location:
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Blood Bank is located in the Clinical Center on the NIH campus at
10 Center Drive-MSC 1184
Building 10, Room 1C711
Bethesda, MD 20892-1184
Phone:
(301) 496-1048
Email:
nihbloodbank@mail.cc.nih.gov
New Hours: Effective 1/2/18
Monday – Friday
7:30am – 4:30pm
DONATE PLATELETS
Location:
NIH Donor Center
At Fishers Lane
Rm 1S02, MSC 9415
5625 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20852
Phone:
(301) 496-4321
MORE INFORMATION
- About Us
- About Donating Blood
- Make an Appointment
- Types of Blood Donations
- Can I Donate If...?
- After Donating Blood
- Iron and Blood Donation
- How to Find Us
NIH BLOOD BANK
About Donating Blood
Here is all the information you need to make a whole-blood or platelet donation:
Please contact us to ask questions about types of blood donations.
Am I Eligible to Donate?
- Are healthy
- Are at least 17 years of age
- Weigh at least 110 pounds.
The tables below address specific situations affecting donation eligibility. See Can I Donate If...? for more details about medical conditions and/or medications that could affect your eligibility to donate.
| Medical Condition | Eligibility |
| Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), individuals at high risk and their partners | cannot donate |
| Colds and flu within 2 days | cannot donate |
| Diabetes, on or off medication and under control | can donate |
| Hepatitis or jaundice after age 11 | cannot donate |
| Pregnancy | cannot donate |
| Pregnancy, after delivery, miscarriage, abortion | 6-week wait |
| Menstruation | can donate |
| Cancer, treatment complete and disease-free; most types | 2-year wait |
| Medical Procedures | Eligibility |
| Surgery, without transfusion (except for autologous blood) | can donate |
| Surgery, with transfusion | 1-year wait |
| Vaccinations | Eligibility |
| Measles (rubella); measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR); chicken pox (varicella) | 1-month wait |
| Flu | can donate |
| Hepatitis A or B | can donate |
| Other Possible Restrictions | Eligibility |
| Ear/Body piercing, sterile procedure/equipment used | can donate |
| Ear/Body piercing, nonsterile procedure/equipment used | 1-year wait |
| Tattooing | 1-year wait |
| Travel outside the United States or Canada | Contact us |
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This page last updated on 01/03/2018
