AFTER IMMUNIZATION, WHEN ARE YOU ELIGIBLE TO DONATE BLOOD?

After receiving a vaccine, there is a period of time before you can safely donate blood.  Listed below are the day deferral:

Vaccines requiring a 2 day deferral before blood donation:

Cholera and Travellers’ Diarrhoea (Dukoral)
Hepatitis A (Avaxim, Havrix, Vaqta)
Hepatitis A and Typhoid (Vivaxim)
Influenza
Japanese Encephalitis
Meningococcal
Pertussis
Pneumococcal
Polio injectable
Tetanus and Diphtheria
Tick-borne Encephalitis
Typhoid injectable
Vaccines requiring a 4 week deferral period
Hepatitis B (Engerix, Recombivax HB)
Hepatitis A and B (Twinrix)
Typhoid oral (Vivotif)
Yellow Fever

Vaccines requiring a 12 week deferral period:

Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR, Priorix)
Varicella (chicken pox)
Rabies
Rabies (Pre-exposure immunization) – 2 day deferral
Rabies (Post-exposure treatment) – 52 weeks deferral

Note:  Malaria exposure with less than six months in risk-zone – Blood can be donated one year after departure date. Malaria exposure with six or more consecutive months in risk zone- Blood can be donated three years after departure date.

‘Plasma’ donations can be donated six months after departure date regardless of duration of stay.