Donor age limits protect both donor and recipient safety.
This two-minute quiz screens you against the standard criteria used by Nigerian blood banks: age, weight, general health, recent illness, medication, pregnancy and the interval since your last donation. It is a pre-screen, not a medical clearance — the hospital repeats checks including haemoglobin on the day.
Most healthy adults between 18 and 65 who weigh at least 50kg can donate whole blood roughly every three to four months. Temporary deferrals are common and rarely permanent: a recent malaria episode, a course of antibiotics, a fresh tattoo, low haemoglobin, pregnancy or breastfeeding all mean waiting rather than never donating.
Answer honestly. Screening protects the patient receiving your blood and protects you from donating when your body cannot spare it. If the quiz defers you, it tells you when to come back and what to fix in the meantime — usually iron-rich food, hydration and rest.
On donation day, eat a proper meal, drink plenty of water, bring photo identification, and plan for about 45 minutes in total even though the draw itself takes around ten.
Generally 18 to 65 years old and at least 50kg. Some centres accept 17-year-olds with guardian consent.
Whole blood donors should wait at least 90 days between donations so iron stores recover fully.
Malaria or fever in recent weeks, antibiotics, recent surgery, tattoos or piercings, pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Registration, a private health interview, a haemoglobin finger-prick, the donation itself, then refreshments and a short rest.