Step Two Register to donate. Please come at your appointed time and bring picture identification and social security information with you. Complete medical screening. A medical professional will take your vital signs and ask you questions about your general medical health and lifestyle in a private setting. It is during this process that you may be temporarily or permanently deferred.
All information remains confidential.
Step Four Prepare for your blood donation. A medical professional will clean your arm and use a sterilized needle. Each needle is used only once and then discarded. There is no chance of contracting AIDS or any other communicable disease from donating blood. Step Five Relax in the canteen.