| Criteria for Donation | ||||||
| Method of blood | Apheresis donation | Whole blood donation | ||||
| donation | Plasmapheresis | Plateletpheresis | 200mL | 400mL | ||
| Volume donated | 300mL-600mL | < 400mL | 200mL | 400mL | ||
| at one time | (by weight) | |||||
| Age | 18-69*1 | 18-54 | 16-69*1 | 18-69*1 | ||
| Weight | >=45kg(men), >=40kg(women) | >= 50kg | ||||
| blood specific gravity | >= 1.052 or | >= 1.052 or | >= 1.052 or | >= 1.053 or | ||
| or | >= 12.0 g/dL | >= 12.0 g/dL | >= 12.0 g/dL | >= 12.5 g/dL | ||
| Hemoglobin*2 | (if red cell indices are within normal range, hemoglobin >= 11.5g/dL for women) | |||||
| Platelet count | - | >= 15x107/mL | - | - | ||
| >= 60x107/mL | ||||||
| Total donations/year | Counting one plateletpheresis donation as two, less than 24 times | <= 6 times(men) | <= 3 times(men) | |||
| <= 4 times(women) | <= 2 times(women) | |||||
| Total volume of blood donated/year | - | - | <= 1,200mL(men) | |||
| <= 800mL(women) | ||||||
| including 200mL and 400mL donations | ||||||
| *1:Donors between 65-70 years old can donate as long as they had donated between 60-64 years old. | ||||||
| *2:At the Hokkaido Blood Center, male donors must have a hemoglobin level of 13.0 g/dL for a 200mL donation or 13.5 g/dL for a 400mL donation in order to protect their health. | ||||||
| Blood Donation Interval | ||||||
| Method | Next time | |||||
| Plasmapheresis | Plateletpheresis | 200mL | 400mL | |||
| Last time | 200mL | ³ 4 weeks | ||||
| 400mL | >= 8 weeks | >= 12 weeks(men), >= 16 weeks(women) | ||||
| Plasmapheresis | >= 2 weeks | >= 2 weeks | ||||
| plateletpheresis | >= 2 weeks | >= 1 week*4 | ||||
| * 4 weeks interval is required if you donate 4 times in 4weeks. | ||||||