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Check Your Eligibility!

This form is created by Singapore Red Cross Society with APM Property Management, property manager of Suntec City. Please note your details will be used by Suntec City / Singapore Red Cross Society, and all information collected will be kept strictly confidential.  

*At the blood donation site, you will also be asked to complete a Donor Health Assessment Questionnaire. Depending on your answers, you may or may not be eligible to donate blood.
 

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Please take a few minutes to read through the eligibility criteria and complete the screening questionnaire before registering for a slot.

 

[A] General eligibility criteria. To donate blood, you must: 

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  • Aged between 16 and 60.

  • Weigh at least 45 kg.

  • Have a haemoglobin level of at least 13.0 g/dl for males and 12.5 g/dl for females. (A test will be administered at the donation site)

  • Be in general good health.

    • Not have had any symptoms of infection e.g. sore throat, cough, runny nose or diarrhoea for at least 1 week.

    • Not have had a fever in the last 4 weeks.

    • Not have taken antibiotics for the last 7 days. If you have taken antibiotics, wait at least 1 week from the last dose.

    • Not COVID-19 Positive in the past 28 day.
       

  • Covid-19 Vaccination and blood donation related: Please check the deferral period if you recently received Covid-19 Vaccination, https://www.hsa.gov.sg/blood-donation/covid-19-vaccine
     

*It may be harmful to you or the recipients if you donate blood when you are not eligible to do so.

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[B] Overseas Travel-Related Donation Eligibility

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​If you have travelled and stayed overnight at the following places (you will be ineligible to donate for a period of time):​

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  • Malaria Endemic Area (You need to wait 4 months from the date of return to Singapore before donating blood):  
    • ​Batam, Bintan (If you have stayed overnight in either of these 2 places in the past 4 months, you will be ineligible to donate. You can donate if you did a daytrip)
    •  Myanmar, India within the past 4 months​
    • Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak, Kelantan, Terengganu) within the past 4 months
      • Malaria risk is present in rural areas (village, forested areas, agricultural areas, plantations and small islands) in all
        states of Malaysia.

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  • West Nile Virus (You need to wait 4 weeks from the date of return to Singapore before donating blood): 

    • USA, Canada, Greece, France, Turkey, Italy and Austria within the past 1 month.
       

​[C] Creutzfeld Jakob Disease (CJD)

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The following donors are not eligible to donate due to the risk of transmitting Creutzfeld Jakob Disease (CJD) and variant Creutzfeld Jakob Disease by blood transfusion.

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  • Donors who have been diagnosed with CJD, vCJD or any other Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE).

  • Donors who are considered to have an increased risk for CJD,

    • ​Received a dura mater transplant,

    • taken human pituitary-derived hormones,

    • have one or more blood relatives diagnosed with familial prion disease (e.g., familial CJD, Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome (GSS) and fatal familial insomnia (FFI),

    • received a corneal transplant.

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  • Donors who have received a blood transfusion in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland or France between 1980 and present.
     

Donors who were previously deferred due to stay in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, France and other countries in Europe during the affected period may now donate by apheresis donations (plateletpheresis, plasmapheresis or double red cell donation). Apheresis donation is only at the Bloodbank@HSA.


To know more about the change in criteria, check https://www.hsa.gov.sg/blood-donation/variant-creutzfeldt-jakob-disease-(vcjd)-restriction for more information or call the Bloodbank@HSA at 62130626 to speak to Bloodbank’s medical staff to check on their eligibility. The final determination of eligibility will be determined at the Bloodbank@HSA by the medical staff during the donor interview​


For more information, please visit: https://www.hsa.gov.sg/blood-donation/can-i-donate.

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The final assessment of whether you can give blood will be made by a medical screening professional at the Bloodbank.If you have questions on any of the eligibility criteria eg. medication, travel, vaccination, please call Singapore Red Cross at 6220 0183 (Mon- Sat, 10am to 4.30pm) 

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[D] Terms and Conditions, Waiver & Release of Liability 

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Click here to view the full terms and conditions, waiver, and release of liability.

Complete your screening questionnaires below to determine eligibility for blood donation:

Please read each question carefully and select your answer.
(For donors aged 16-17, parental consent is required. Download the consent form here.)

Are you aged between 16 and 60?
Do you weigh at least 45kg and above?
Do you have any symptoms of the following within the past 1 week?
[Malaria Endemic] In the past four (4) months, have you traveled to any of the following locations?
[West Nile Virus] In the past one (1) month, have you traveled to any of the following locations?
Have you had a fever within the past 4 weeks?
Have you taken antibiotics for the last 7 days?
Have you taken medication, herbal supplements or traditional herbal remedies in the last 3 days? (You can donate blood if you are taking brewed herbs such as ginseng and lingzhi.)
Are you tested positive for COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) within the past 28 days?
Have you:
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