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 consent and 76+ with physician consent)
• Weigh at least 110 pounds
• Free of antibiotics for 24 hours, unless taken for acne.
• Symptom-free for at least 72 hours following cold or flu
Donation FAQs - New York Blood Center (NYBC) (https://www.nybc.org/donate-blood/donation-faqs/)
