Basic Requirements to Donate Blood

Donating blood is safe and convenient when you are:

• In good health
• 17 years or older (16 with a parent or guardian’s written content and 76+ with physician consent)
• Weigh at least 110 pounds (Donors aged 16-18 have additional height and weight restrictions)
• Free of antibiotics for 24 hours, unless taken for acne.
• Symptom-free for at least 72 hours following cold or flu