The French Blood Establishment often raises public awareness of the importance of blood donation. Last month, July 8, this organization was sounding the alarm Regarding their blood pocket reserves. Indeed, the EFS had called “all those who can” give their blood. According to them, they lacked “nearly 15,000 pockets of blood to reach a sufficient level of reserve to approach summer calmly”.
In order to have more blood donations, certain criteria that allow this sample have been modified. Before validating these changes, many checks were carried out. Test performance have been improved, According to the government’s official website, concerning “the biological qualification of donations, and in particular viral genomic screening (DGV)”. The latter makes it possible to detect hepatitis C which “can be transmitted, for example, as a result of a tattoo or a piercing”.
New criteria
Following these announcements, the form preliminary to the blood donation has been changed. People tattooed and pierced are mainly concerned by these new measures. From now on, No need to wait four months After your last piercing or tattoo. The recommended delay is now two months, as are acupuncture people. Waiting for two months is also applicable to any individual using certain practices. Sclerosis of varicose veins, mesotherapy, but also endoscopies are part of it. The contraindications linked to bone substitutes in implantology have also been lifted.