American Red Cross

Washington, DC 20006 Parental Consent for Blood

Donation

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Information

This form must be completed by a parent or legal guardian for blood donation by a minor when parental

consent is required by state law or American Red Cross policy.

Please call us at 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit www.redcrossblood.org if you

have questions or concerns about the blood donation process.

In giving consent for your son, daughter, or ward to donate blood, you have two options:

1. You may consent to whole blood donation only, or

2. You may consent to both whole blood donation and apheresis (see back of form for details)

Parental Consent

I have read and understand

• The information on the back of this form

• “A Student’s Guide to Blood Donation”

• Any research-related study sheets that may be provided

Please Complete Section 1 OR Section 2 (Please use medium-point black pen.)

1. Whole Blood Donation Only:

I hereby give permission for my son, daughter, or ward to make a whole blood donation to the

American Red Cross.

Donor Name: (son, daughter, or ward)

Print Name Parent/Guardian Name:

Print Name Parent/Guardian Signature:

Signature Today’s Date (mm/dd/yyyy) Optional Parent/Guardian Phone

Number:

Where you can be reached on day of donation

2. Whole Blood Donation and Apheresis:

I hereby give permission for my son, daughter, or ward to give blood by either whole blood donation

or apheresis.

Donor Name: (son, daughter, or ward)

Print Name Parent/Guardian Name:

Print Name Parent/Guardian Signature:

Signature Today’s Date (mm/dd/yyyy) Optional Parent/Guardian Phone

Number:

Where you can be reached on day of donation

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Information for Parents

Please read the information below, which supplements the brochure called “A Student’s Guide to Blood

Donation.”

Donor Screening

• We will ask your son, daughter, or ward questions about his or her health and medication use, sexual

behavior, travel, and other risk factors for infectious diseases during a private and confidential

interview.

• Every donation is tested for HIV (the virus that causes AIDS), hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses, and

other infectious diseases.

• If any test result or response to the questions suggests that your son or daughter is disqualified from

donating blood in the future or may have an infectious disease, his or her name will be added to a

confidential list of people who have similar test results or risk factors. When required, we report

donor information, including test results, to health departments and regulatory agencies.

• The tests are very sensitive and detect most infections. But it is also possible that donors who are not

infected will have falsely positive results. We are required to notify and disqualify donors even when

subsequent test results indicate that the donor is not infected.

• We will communicate test results that disqualify your son or daughter from future donation directly

with your son or daughter. We maintain the confidentiality of information we obtain about a donor

and we will release a donor’s confidential information to his or her parents only with the donor’s

consent.

Whole Blood Donation

• Each whole blood donation uses a new, sterile needle to collect about a pint of blood from a vein in

the donor’s arm.

• Most donors feel fine before and after donating blood, but some may have a lightheaded or dizzy

feeling; an upset stomach; a black and blue mark, redness, or pain where the needle was; fainting or

loss of consciousness and injury from related falls; or very rarely, nerve or artery damage.

• Young, first time, and/or low-weight donors are more likely to experience reactions than other

donors.

• Blood donation removes iron and may cause or aggravate iron-deficiency anemia.

Apheresis (automated collection procedures, including two-unit (double) red cell collections)

• Apheresis is a type of blood donation in which we collect specific components of the donor’s blood

(platelets, plasma, or red cells). We place a needle in one or both of the donor’s arms and use a

machine to draw blood and separate it into different parts. One or several of the blood components

are removed while the remainder and extra fluids are returned to the donor.

• Apheresis has the same risks as whole blood donation (see above). In addition, citrate is used during

apheresis to prevent blood clotting. Citrate may cause chills, tingling sensations, feelings of anxiety,

tremors, muscle cramping, numbness, nausea, vomiting, and/or convulsions. Donors may be given

oral calcium supplements during the apheresis procedure to manage these symptoms. Very rarely,

donors can experience allergic reactions (for example, skin rashes, hives, localized swelling, and/or

flushing), air in the bloodstream, infection, or other complications.

• Repeated donation may result in iron depletion, anemia, fatigue, or changes in blood cell counts.

Research

• We may confidentially and anonymously use the information or leftover blood samples we collect

from donors for medical research, such as research on ways to increase the safety of the blood

supply.

• By giving your son or daughter permission to donate blood, you are also consenting to the use of the

donation and donor information for this type of research.

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Instructions

Provide a copy of “A Student’s Guide to Blood Donation” with the required donor reading

materials for all donors who are high school students or under age 19.

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