Men
If you are a man, you may never donate blood if you answer ‘yes’ to one of the following questions:
- Are you HIV positive or do you have AIDS?
- Have you ever used intravenous drugs?
- Do you suffer from haemophilia?
- Is your (female) partner HIV positive or does she have AIDS?
- Has your partner ever used intravenous drugs?
- Are you a carrier of the hepatitis B or C virus?
- Are you concerned about high-risk contact(s) and do you want to know if you have been infected?
- Have you ever been paid for sex with money or drugs?
- If you do not want to be informed of an abnormal test result, then you must never give blood.
If you are a man, you may not donate blood for 12 months if you answer ‘yes’ to one of the following questions:
- Have you had sex with another man?
- Have you had occasional sex with a woman who is HIV positive or has AIDS?
- Have you had occasional sex with a woman who has used intravenous drugs?
- Have you paid for sex?
- Have you had sex with a woman from Sub-Saharan Africa or the Cape Verdean islands, or have you lived there?
- Have you had sex with someone who has a sexually transmitted disease or hepatitis (jaundice, liver infection)?
- Have you snorted cocaine?
Women
If you are a woman, you may never donate blood if you answer ‘yes’ to one of the following questions:
- Are you HIV positive or do you have AIDS?
- Have you ever used intravenous drugs?
- Does your partner have haemophilia and was he treated with clotting products before 1986?
- Has your partner ever used intravenous drugs?
- Is your partner HIV positive or does he have AIDS?
- Does your partner (male) also have sex with a man or men?
- Are you a carrier of the hepatitis B or C virus?
- Are you concerned about high-risk contact(s) and do you want to know if you have been infected?
- Have you ever been paid for sex with money or drugs?
- If you do not want to be informed of an abnormal test result, then you must never give blood.
If you are a woman, you may not donate blood for 12 months if you answer ‘yes’ to one of the following questions:
- Have you had occasional sex with a man who is HIV positive or has AIDS?
- Have you had occasional sex with a man who has used intravenous drugs?
- Have you had occasional sex with a man who has had sex with a man or men?
- Have you paid for sex?
- Have you had sex with a man from Sub-Saharan Africa or the Cape Verdean islands, or have you lived there?- Have you had sex with someone who has a sexually transmitted disease or hepatitis (jaundice, liver infection)?- Have you snorted cocaine?