CONDITIONS AND TREATMENTS-SOME MAY REQUIRE TEMPORARY WAITS BEFORE YOU MAY DONATE
Antibiotic therapy 24-hour wait after last dose, plus you must be well for at least 3 days
Asthma No wait if symptom free at time of donation (medication controlled okay)
Blood Pressure No wait if, blood pressure is less than or equal to 180/100 (medication controlled okay)
Cancer Basal cell & Squamous cell skin, or cervical in-situ – no wait.
Most other cancers – be 5 years cancer free and before you donate, a form must be completed by your physician for our Medical Director to review. Call 703-208-7000 for form and details.
Dental Care 24-hour wait after routine procedures-cleanings, fillings; 72-hour wait after root canal or surgery
Diabetes No wait when controlled by diet or medication
Heart Attack history Before coming to donate, please consult your doctor and bring a written approval for donation.
Immunizations (shots) Allergy or flu vaccines-no wait; Hepatitis B Vaccine-24 hour wait; Others 24-hour to 4-week waits
Malaria & or Travel 1-year wait (symptom free) after return from visiting malarial endemic area for less than five consecutive years
To Malarial Areas 3-year wait (symptom free) after living in a malaria endemic area for five consecutive years or more; or after any episode suggestive of malarial disease. (residence is not consecutive if the individual leaves the malaria endemic area for greater than one continuous year)
Piercing (ear/body) No wait when done in a professional setting with sterile single-use equipment 1-year wait after accidental needle stick or any other non-sterile skin penetration
Pregnancy 6-weeks wait after vaginal delivery; 6 month wait after C-section
Seizure 6-month wait after last seizure occurrence (medication controlled okay)
Surgery 2 to 12-week waits after minor procedures; 6 months after major procedures
*new* Tattoo 1-week wait when done in professional setting with sterile single-use equipment

INOVA BLOOD DONOR SERVICES
You can increase the amount of iron your body absorbs by eating foods high in Vitamin C along with foods rich in iron.
Beets, Collard Greens, Chicken, Clams, Dates, Dried Apricots, Dried Beans or peas, Dried Peaches, Dried Prunes or Prune Juice, Eggs. Enriched Breads, Ham, Iron-Fortified Cereal, Liver, Liver Sausage, Meat, Especially Lean Beef or Pork, Molasses (Blackstrap), Oysters, Raisins, Sardines, Scallops, Shrimp, Tuna, Turkey, Veal, Wheat Germ, Whole-Grain Breads


DONOR INFORMATION SHEET
 The mission of Inova Blood Donor Services is to provide a safe and adequate blood supply for patients in the communities we serve.
 Over 200 blood and platelet donations are needed everyday. Less than 5 percent of the population actually donates. All healthy people are encouraged to donate!
 Inova Blood Donor Services collects blood and platelets for patients at 15 hospitals and helps the military and other areas of the country in times of need. The 15 hospitals are:
 Inova Alexandria Hospital  Potomac Hospital
 Inova Fair Oaks Hospital  Prince William Hospital*
 Inova Fairfax Hospital  Shady Grove Adventist Hospital*
 Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children  Sibley Memorial Hospital
 Inova Mount Vernon Hospital  Suburban Hospital
 Loudoun Hospital  Virginia Hospital Center*
 Montgomery General Hospital  Walter Reed Army Medical Center*
 National Naval Medical Center* * Supplemental hospital
 Donors help save up to three lives in just one hour!
 Blood and platelets help many people including trauma patients, surgery patients, newborn babies, cancer patients and transplant patients.
 Donors receive a mini-physical where their temperature, pulse, blood pressure and hemoglobin are measured.
 Donors may give whole blood every 8 weeks and platelets every 2 weeks.
 Donors can help more patients by making an Automated Blood Collection (ABC) donation and donating platelets, plasma and/or red blood cells. ABC donors recline comfortably and watch movies on their personal TV/DVD. To learn more, call 571 434-3600 or see our ABC brochure.

If You Are: Then:
O-, O+ You are the universal blood donor! Patients with any blood type can receive your blood and newborn babies use your blood.
A+ Your blood is the second most frequently occurring blood type.
A-, B+, B- You have a rare blood type, less then 10% of the population has your blood type.
AB+, AB- You are the universal donor of plasma. Patients with any blood type can receive your plasma. For information on donating plasma and platelets through Automated Blood Collection (ABC), please see our ABC brochure or call 571 434-3600.