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Vaccination
Vaccinations and deferral periods
Anthrax - if well
BCG - 8 weeks and until healed
Botulism - if well
Cholera - if well
Diphtheria - if well
Influenza - if well
Hepatitis A - if well and no exposure.
Hepatitis B - 4 weeks, 4 months if the vaccine was received post exposure - e.g.: human bite, blood splash, or needle stick injury
If you have received Hepatitis B Immunoglobulin (HBIG) following a known exposure to hepatitis B, you must wait 12 months before donating.
HPV (Human Papillomavirus) - if well
Japanese Encephalitis - if well
Measles, Mumps, Rubella, (MMR) - 8 weeks if well
Pneumococcal - if well
Polio (oral) - 8 weeks if well
Polio (by injection) - if well
Rabies - if well
Rubella - 8 weeks
Smallpox - 8 weeks
Tetanus - if well if given as a vaccination i.e. pre travel ¦ Defer for 4 weeks if immunoglobulin was given i.e. administered due to injury
Tick-borne Encephalitis - if well
Tuberculin (TB) Await test results
Typhoid (oral) - 8 weeks
Typhoid (injection) - if well
Varicella (Chickenpox) - 8 weeks
Yellow Fever - 8 weeks
Covid-19 Vaccinations
Donors who have had a HPRA approved Covid-19 vaccination such as the Pfizer / BioNTech, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson/Janssen or Astra Zeneca vaccines, must wait 48 hours after receiving the vaccine (any dose, including boosters) before they can donate, so long as they are feeling well and asymptomatic.
