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Sep 6, 2016, 9:54 pm

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Originally Posted by JY1024

I believe they raised the hemoglobin minimum for males back in May of this year. (Females still have to hit 12.5, but males have to hit 13 g/dL now.)

Good luck on Thursday...crossing my fingers for you!

(Chatting with my local blood center, it seems like big jumps in the # of deferments have really taken a toll on the collections this summer. Combination of dozens of countries - and now US counties - on the Zika deferment list, along with the increased hemoglobin target for males.)

I knew about the increase in the hemoglobin minimum for males as my last donation was in June where I was well above the limit but this time, I wasn't even close

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