Can i donate blood after flu vaccine

Q: How long after flu can I donate plasma?

As long as youre symptom-free, there is no need to wait, says American Red Cross Michigan Region.

If you have been vaccinated recently, you may need to wait before donating blood. If you have any questions after reviewing the information below, please call our Blood Donor Room at 212-639-8177 or email [email protected].

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Can you give blood after the flu jab?
Why can't you donate blood if you have the flu?
Can I donate blood if I have flu?
How long after flu can I donate plasma?

Immunizations/Vaccinations	Eligibility for Donation
Allergy desensitization	Defer 1 day
Animal Serum Products	2 weeks after last injection.
Anthrax Vaccine	Accept immediately if feeling well and healthy.
Botulinum Toxin	4 weeks
BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guerin)	2 weeks
Chicken Pox (See also Varicella zoster vaccine)	4 weeks
Chickenpox Immune Globulin (Varicella-Zoster Immune Globulin)	12 months
Cholera	Accept immediately if feeling well and healthy.
Desensitization (Allergy)	Defer 1 day.
Diphtheria	Accept immediately if feeling well and healthy.
DT (Diphtheria, Tetanus)	Accept immediately if feeling well and healthy.
DPT or Tdap (Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus)	Accept immediately if feeling well and healthy.
Experimental Vaccinations	12 months
Flu (injection or nasal)	Accept immediately if feeling well and healthy.
Gamma Globulin	120 days if given post-exposure to hepatitis A. evaluate if given for exposure to any other disease. Accept immediately if given prophylactically (e.g,, for travel)and not for exposure.
Gardasil (HPV)	Accept immediately
Hepatitis A vaccine	12 months if given post-exposure. Accept immediately if given prophylactically and not for exposure
Hepatitis B vaccine	14 days if given prophylactically and not for exposure. 12 months if given post-exposure.
Hepatitis B Immune Globulin (HBIG)	12 months
HIV	Defer indefinitely
HPV	Accept immediately if feeling well and healthy
Immune Globulin (ISG) (Immune Serum Globulin)	120 days if given post-exposure to hepatitis A. Evaluate if given for exposure to any other disease. Accept immediately given prophylactically (e.g.,for travel) and not for exposure.
IVIG	Evaluate condition.
Japanese Encephalitis	Accept immediately if feeling well and healthy.
Lyme Vaccine	Accept immediately if feeling well and healthy.
Measles (Rubeola)	2 weeks
Measles, German (Rubella)	4 weeks
Meningococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine	Accept immediately if feeling well and healthy.
MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella)	4 weeks
Monkeypox	8 weeks
Mumps	2 weeks
Parathyphoid	Accept immediately if feeling well and healthy.
Pertussis Vaccine	Accept immediately if feeling well and healthy.
Plague	Accept immediately if feeling well and healthy.
Pneumonia (Pneumococcal polysaccharide)	Accept immediately if feeling well and healthy.
Polio (Oral, Sabin)	2 weeks after last dose.
Polio (by injection, Salk)	Accept immediately if feeling well and healthy.
Rabies	Accept if prophylactic injection for occupation. Defer 12 months if bite sustained.
Rh Immune Globulin (RhoGAM)	Defer for 6 weeks after pregnancy, miscarriage or abortion. If in association with Rh incompatibly transfusion defer 12 months.
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever	Accept immediately if feeling well and healthy.
Rubella (German Measles)	4 weeks after last injection.
Rubeola (Measles)	Defer 2 weeks after last injections, unless part of MMR, then four week wait.
Shingles (Zostavax)	4 weeks
Smallpox without complications	Defer for 8 weeks.
Smallpox with complications	Defer for 8 weeks after onset of symptoms or 14 days after symptoms resolve, whichever is longer. Complications include: a rash resembling blisters, necrosis (tissue death) at the vaccination site, inflammation of the brain, infection of the cornea, localized or systemic skin reaction in someone with eczema or other chronic skin condition
Tetanus Toxoid	Accept immediately if symptom free. If for human bite, defer for 12 months. See Medical Conditions guidelines if for animal bite.
Tetanus & Diphtheria Toxoids	Accept immediately if feeling well and healthy.
Twin RX (combined Hepatitis A and B vaccines)	14 days if given prophylactically 12 months if given post exposure
Typhoid	Accept immediately if injectable, defer 2 weeks if oral
Typhus, Paratyphoid	Accept immediately if feeling well and healthy.
Varicella-Zoster (Chicken Pox)	4 weeks after last injection.
Varicella-Zoster Immune Globulin	2 months after last injection.
Yellow Fever	2 weeks after last injection.
Zostavax (shingles)	4 weeks after last injection

Can you give blood after the flu jab?

You can donate after having a flu jab, including on the same day, as long you feel completely well. If you have had the flu jab as a priority because of underlying health issues, please check that it is okay for you to donate with those.

Why can't you donate blood if you have the flu?

It is advised that you are free of flu and cold symptoms, for at least 48 hours, before you donate blood. This is because donating with cold will lower your immune system, and will further push you towards lingering illness and slower healing times, and even pneumonia in some unfortunate cases.

Can I donate blood if I have flu?

You must be in good health at the time you donate. You cannot donate if you have a cold, flu, sore throat, cold sore, stomach bug or any other infection. If you have recently had a tattoo or body piercing you cannot donate for 6 months from the date of the procedure.