All interviews are conducted in private and donor confidentiality is always maintained. The Irish Blood Transfusion Service values the privacy of donors. You cannot give blood if you are under the influence of any recreational drug. You cannot give blood for 14 days if you have taken ecstasy. This includes body-building drugs & injectable tanning agents. You cannot give blood if you have ever injected or been injected with drugs that were not prescribed by a registered medical practitioner, even once or a long time ago. You can give blood 7 days after completion of root canal treatment with no complications. Please bring a note from your dentist to the blood donor clinic stating the type of implant / graft that has been used. If the implant / graft has a CE mark in Europe (such as Bio-Oss, Bio-Gide, NuOss) you can give blood but you must wait until 7 days after the procedure has been completed. If you had an infection you cannot give blood for at least 2 weeks after the infection is fully resolved and at least 1 week after you finished the course of antibiotics. If you had bleeding after the extraction you should wait until the bleeding has stopped. If the extraction was complicated, you will have to wait longer before you can give blood. You can give blood 7 days after an uncomplicated extraction if the wound is fully healed and you have no pain, bleeding or infection. If you took antibiotics, you must also have finished the course at least one week before giving blood. You must be pain-free when you give blood. You can give blood 2 weeks after treatment for a dental abcess if no further treatment is planned and you are fully recovered. You can give blood 7 days after a dental cap or crown. You can give blood 24 hours after an uncomplicated filling if you have no pain, bleeding or infection. You can give blood 24 hours after a scale and polish. You can give blood if you had fitting or adjusting of a dental brace. You can give blood if you had a dental impression only. You can give blood if you had a tooth inspection with no treatment. You cannot give blood if you have an infection in your teeth or gums or you have a dental abscess. You cannot give blood if you have a toothache or you need pain-killers for tooth/dental pain. The main clinical symptoms are fever, difficulty breathing, cough, fatigue, sore throat, sneezing, runny nose, shortness of breath or other respiratory symptoms which may lead to viral pneumonia or acute respiratory distress syndrome. Yes you can donate - Healthcare staff can donate once well and asymptomatic even if required to do antigen testing once they do not have a positive test result. If you donate, please contact the IBTS if you are given a positive test result within 5 days of donating
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