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While deciding regarding the fitness of a particular person for donation of blood, the following are the broad guidelines followed by the physician. They are valuable to those who wish to donate blood and want authoritative information regarding their fitness for the same.
The physician concentrates on two main things:
which are complementary to and not exclusive of eachother
( ie. the person has to have a medical history and a level of physical fitness as per the guidelines, to be able to donate blood)
There are specific protocols followed in various institutions and they may differ from place to place, but the general profile remains the same and that is what will be elucidated in the following pages...