Can having addition to narcotics participate in blood donation in Vietnam?

Can having addition to narcotics participate in blood donation in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 2, Article 4 of Circular 26/2013/TT-BYT, there are regulations on blood donor eligibility as follows:

2. Health:

a) Those who weigh at least 42 kg for female, 45 kg for male are eligible for whole blood donation; those who weigh from 42 kg to under 45 kg are permitted to donate less than 250 ml of whole blood per each donation; those who weigh 45 kg or more is permitted to donate their whole blood volume of 90 ml/ kg in weight and less than 500 ml per each donation.

b) Those who weigh at least 50 kg are eligible for blood donation apheresis; blood donors are able to donate one or a wide range of blood component(s) in each donation apheresis, but total volume of donated blood is restricted to less than 500 ml; those who weigh at least 60 kg are eligible to donate total whole-blood volume of less than 650 ml in each donation.

c) Do not suffer from acute or chronic diseases, including mental, nervous, respiratory, circulatory, genitourinary, digestive, hepatobiliary, endocrine, blood and hematopoietic, systemic, autoimmune and severe allergic diseases or symptoms; Do not have pregnancy at the day of blood donation registration (for female); Have the medical history of any human organ donation and transplantation surgery; Do not have addition to narcotics or alcohol; Do not have severe or extremely severe disability in accordance with regulations laid down in the Law on Disabled People; Do not take some medications stipulated by the Appendix 1 issued together with this Circular; Do not contract blood-borne or sexually transmitted diseases at the date of blood donation registration;

d) Clinical conditions:

- Have the normal state of consciousness and perception;

- Have the systolic pressure measured in the range from 100 mmHg to below 160 mmHg and diastolic pressure measured in the range from 60 mmHg to below 100 mmHg;

- Have the regular heart beat with the frequency ranging from 60 to 90 beats per minute;

- Do not show one of the following signs: light weight and fast weight loss (losing more than 10% of gross body weight within 6 months); pale skin or mucous membrane; dizziness or dazzle; night sweat; big nodes occurring throughout the body; fever; oedema; cough, dyspnea; diarrhea; hemorrhage of all types; injuries or abnormal skin conditions.

dd) Testing:

- With respect to the whole-blood donor and the donor who makes an apheresis donation of blood components, the hemoglobin concentration must equal at least 120 g/l; if the volume of whole blood donated is more than 350 ml, the minimum volume of whole blood drawn must be at least 125 g/l.

- With respect to the donor who makes an apheresis donation of plasma, the concentration of plasma protein separated from the whole blood must equal at least 60g/l and must be tested within a period of less than 01 month;

- With respect to the donor who makes an apheresis donation of platelets, granulocytes and stem cells, the number of platelets must be greater than or equal to 150x10⁹/l.

Thus, according to the above regulations in Vietnam, drug addicts are not eligible to participate in blood donation. Therefore, drug addicts are not allowed to participate in blood donation.

Best Regards!