Deferral periods for vaccinations before donating blood or plasma
If you have recently been vaccinated, you may be temporarily deferred from donating blood or plasma. Review our full list of deferral periods for vaccinations below.
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DISEASE |
VACCINE BRAND NAMES |
WAITING PERIOD |
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Anthrax |
|
None |
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Chicken Pox (varicella) |
ProQuad, Varilrix, Varivax III |
3 months |
|
Cholera |
Dukoral (oral) |
None |
|
Coronavirus (COVID-19) |
COVID-19 vaccines given in Canada |
None |
|
Diarrhea (traveller's) |
Dukoral (oral) |
None |
|
Diphtheria |
Adacel, Boostrix |
None |
|
Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis |
Boostrix |
None |
|
Encephalitis, Japanese |
Ixiaro |
3 weeks |
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Hepatitis A |
Avaxim, Havrix, Vaqta |
7 days |
|
Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B |
Twinrix |
4 weeks |
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Hepatitis B |
Engerix B, Recombivax–HB |
4 weeks |
|
Herpes Zoster (Shingles) |
Shingrix |
None |
|
Zostavax II |
3 months |
|
|
Human Papillomavirus |
Cervarix, Gardasil 9 |
None |
|
Influenza |
Afluria tetra, Agriflu, Arepanrix (H1N1), Flucelvax Quad, Flumist intranasal, Fluviral, Influvac, Intanza, Panvax (H1N1), Vaxigrip |
None |
|
Measles, Mumps, Rubella |
MMR II, Priorix |
4 weeks |
|
Measles, Mumps, Rubella, varicella |
MMRV, Priorix Tetra, ProQuad |
3 months |
|
Measles (Rubeola) |
MMR II |
4 weeks |
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Meningococcal |
Bexsero, Menactra, Menjugate, Menveo, Nimenrix, Trumenba |
None |
|
Monkeypox |
Imvamune |
None |
|
Mumps |
MMR II |
4 weeks |
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Paratyphoid |
|
None |
|
Pertussis |
Adacel, Boostrix |
None |
|
Plague |
|
None |
|
Pneumococcal |
Pneumovax 23, Prevnar 13 |
None |
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Polio |
Sabin oral polio vaccine (oral) |
6 weeks |
|
Salk Imovax, IPV (injection) |
None |
|
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Rabies (pre-exposure immunization) |
Imovax Rabies, RabAvert |
None |
|
Rabies (post-exposure immunization) |
Imovax Rabies or RabAvert only (no immune globulin given) |
None |
|
Rabies Immune Globulin - HyperRAB, Imogam rabies, Kamrab |
12 months |
|
|
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever |
|
None |
|
Rubella (German Measles) |
MMR II |
4 weeks |
|
Smallpox |
Imvamune |
None |
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Vaccine other than Imvamune, please call 1 888 2 DONATE (1-888-236-6283) to verify eligibility |
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Tetanus |
Adacel, Boostrix |
None |
|
Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis |
Adacel |
None |
|
Tick Borne Encephalitis |
|
None |
|
Typhoid |
Vivotif (oral) |
4 weeks |
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Typhim Vi |
None |
|
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Typhus |
|
None |
|
Yellow Fever |
YF-Vax |
4 weeks |