Blood Donor should be in good health, mentally alert and physically fit. He should not be excessively nervous at the time of donation.

Any healthy adult donor between 18 (completed 18 years) and 60 years of age can donate blood.
Blood donor above 45kg can safely donate 350 ml of blood.

Those who are above 55 kg can donate 450 ml of whole blood.

Women can donate at 4 months interval and men can donate at 3 months interval provided they qualify on medical grounds to donate.

Pulse should be 50 to 100/min (manually) and blood pressure should not be higher than 170mm of Hg systolic and 100mm of Hg. Diastolic. Lower limit - systolic pressure should not be below 100mm. of Hg and diastolic should not be below 60mm of Hg.

Hemoglobin should be equal to or more than 12.5gm %.

Donor should have something to eat before donating blood.

The skin at venepuncture site, should be free from any lesion or scar of needle puncture, and should not have any contagious skin diseases like eczema etc.

If any donor has to go for any sporting activity immediately after donation he should be advised not to donate blood.

Doctor on drive site may defer a donor if any abnormality found in medical history of the donor.