Can Women Who Have Recently Given Birth Donate Blood?

Based on Point c Clause 2 Article 4 of Circular 26/2013/TT-BYT, blood donors must meet the following health standards:

Do not suffer from chronic or acute diseases of the nervous system, mental health, respiratory system, circulatory system, urinary system, digestive system, liver and bile system, endocrine system, blood and hematopoietic tissues, systemic diseases, autoimmune diseases, severe allergic conditions; not pregnant at the time of blood donation registration (for women); no history of organ extraction, donation, or transplant; not addicted to drugs or alcohol; do not have severe disabilities or particularly severe disabilities as prescribed in the Law on Persons with Disabilities; do not use certain medications specified in Appendix 1 issued with this Circular; not suffering from blood-borne diseases, sexually transmitted diseases at the time of blood donation registration.

In addition, Article 5 of this Circular also stipulates the postponement of blood donation as follows:

- Persons who must postpone blood donation for 12 months from the time of:

+ Full recovery after surgical interventions;

+ Recovery from one of the diseases such as malaria, syphilis, tuberculosis, tetanus, encephalitis, or meningitis;

+ Completion of a rabies vaccination course after being bitten by an animal or after blood transfusion, blood products, and biological products derived from blood;

+ Childbirth or termination of pregnancy.

- Persons who must postpone blood donation for 06 months from the time of:

+ Skin tattooing;

+ Piercing of earlobes, nose, navel, or other body parts.

=> Thus, according to the above regulations, women after childbirth, within 1 year from the time of giving birth, must postpone blood donation.

Sincerely.