You must be in good health at the time you donate. You cannot donate if you have a cold, flu, sore throat, cold sore, stomach bug or any other infection. If you have recently had a tattoo or body piercing you cannot donate for 6 months from the date of the procedure.
There is no upper age limit for blood donation as long as you are well with no restrictions or limitations to your activities. Those younger than age 17 are almost always legal minors (not yet of the age of majority) who cannot give consent by themselves to donate blood.
You can't give blood if you: Have recently been pregnant or given birth. Have had a tattoo or piercing in the past four months. Have ever had a serious heart condition. Have ever had a serious blood disorder or disease.Oct 17, 2018
In practice, nobody really pays for blood, said Mario Macis, an economist at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School who has studied incentives for blood donation. “Even though it's legal, it's still considered not totally moral or ethical to pay cash to blood donors.”Jan 22, 2016
Blood can be donated by anyone meeting the health criteria for donating blood:Visit any of our Blood Bank Services.Fill out a registration form and an interview will be conducted.For you own safety, you will be asked for information: your medical history and a mini-medical examination will be done.More items...
In general, as long as you are fit and healthy, weigh over 7 stone 12 lbs (50kg) and are aged between 17 and 66 (up to 70 if you have given blood before) you should be able to give blood.Dec 29, 2016
In Australia, blood donor centres are operated by the Australian Red Cross Blood Service. To give blood you need to: be aged between 16 and 70 years (parental consent is needed for those under 18 years in some states);Sep 15, 2017
Australian donors receive no material compensation – money or otherwise – for their time or plasma. This is despite the fact that about half of the plasma used in Australia is currently provided by paid overseas donors, primarily from the US, who on average receive $50 each time they donate.Oct 11, 2019