Appointments: Please make every effort to make your appointment if you are still eligible as currently 400 appointments per week are not being kept for various reasons which impacts seriously on our ability to supply our hospitals.Close Contacts: You can donate if you are a Covid Contact once you are well and asymptomatic.Please call our donor helpline if you were seriously ill or hospitalized. You will be asked questions on clinic to ensure you are fully recovered and fit to donate. You can now attend even if you have a mild residual cough. Covid-19 symptoms: You can donate 7 days after having Covid-19 once you are fully recovered and asymptomatic.Hand gel is provided and all donors must use it.
IBTS staff will be wearing masks throughout the process. In this case a clean reusable mask must be worn. Only exception to this is if a donor cannot wear a surgical mask for health reasons e.g. Donors should arrive at clinic on time to maintain constant flow of donors through the clinic.
In line with other healthcare environments, IBTS will continue to apply COVID-19 safety measures to protect our donors and staff: COVID-19 measures taken by IBTS to protect donors and staff:
