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Corona vaccinated people are also allowed to donate blood | | we win

(wS/red) Siegen-Wittgenstein 04.05.2021 | At the moment, blood donors keep asking the blood donation service whether they can donate blood after a corona vaccination.

The answer is simple: you can!

After vaccination with a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, there is no need to defer blood donation. This applies to the mRNA vaccines (Moderna, BioNTtech) as well as to the vector vaccines used (AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson). If no vaccination reactions such. B. fever or local swelling occur, vaccinated people can donate blood again the next day. From the point of view of the spokesman for the DRK blood donation service, Stephan David Küpper, this is enormously important news: “If blood donation had to be deferred after a corona vaccination, we would lose many donors with an increasing vaccination rate, which in turn would lead to one would lead to further bottlenecks in the supply of patients with blood preparations. “

Is the blood tested for SARS-CoV-2?
Also important to know: the donated blood is not tested for SARS-CoV-2. A test of the donated blood is not carried out, because according to the current scientific status (Robert Koch Institute, Paul Ehrlich Institute), the virus cannot be transmitted as part of a blood transfusion. There is therefore no danger for the patient or transfusion recipient.

Rapid antigen test before blood donation?
Blood donors are not tested with a rapid antigen test. Right from the start, an important element of risk prevention for the blood donation services was to ensure that donors who are at risk of a current SARS-CoV-2 infection do not even set out to donate blood. However, antigen tests are used to detect an acute SARS-CoV-2 infection. Press spokesman Stephan David Küpper continues: “The offer of SARS-CoV-2 rapid tests on blood donation appointments therefore possibly carries the risk that people who consider their own infection with SARS-CoV-2 at least possible, go to the blood donation have an antigen test carried out during the blood donation appointment, but otherwise would not have attended the blood donation appointment without the possibility of testing. “

Donating blood is still important!
All corona protection regulations expressly exclude blood donation appointments from the current restrictions! In the past few months, combined efforts have succeeded in guaranteeing that seriously ill patients are supplied with blood. The Red Cross thanks all people who have contributed with their blood donations and appeals to do so in the coming weeks and months in the light of possible easing. “The health system cannot function if there are no blood reserves available, which is why it is important that blood continues to be donated – this selfless commitment serves the whole of society,” said Küpper.

Blood donation in Corona times
Through the hygiene and safety measures on the appointments, the DRK guarantees the greatest possible protection for all blood donors, for volunteers and full-time employees. Further information on the hygiene concept and a Corona FAQ are available online here: www.blutspendedienst-west.de/corona

Blood donation can only be made by making an appointment: www.blutspende.jetzt
The DRK asks all citizens who would like to donate blood to reserve a personal appointment online in advance. Appointment reservations are part of the Corona protection concept, because they prevent long queues for blood donation appointments.

What happens when I donate blood?
Anyone wishing to donate blood must be at least 18 years old and feel healthy. Please bring your ID card with you to the blood donation appointment. Before donating blood, body temperature, pulse, blood pressure and the blood pigment level are checked. After the donation, tests for infectious diseases are carried out in the laboratory of the blood donation service. The actual blood donation takes about five to ten minutes. Since the snack does not currently take place after the blood donation (corona protection concept), the Red Cross gives out packed lunches to strengthen yourself.
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