Blood donors

Why donate?

Up to 80 % of people need a blood transfusion or blood products during their lifetime, and blood and its components cannot be synthetically replaced. Donors are indispensable. Yet there is currently a shortage of 70.000 donors in the Czech Republic.

Our donor collection center is part of the Transfusion Department, whose main task is to provide safe transfusion products for patients not only at St. Anne’s University Hospital in Brno.

If you come to donate, you can help save up to four lives.

Donate Blood
Donate Blood Plasma

You can also register for donation by phone at +420 543 182 190 (between 6:15 and 9:30 AM).

Before you sign up, please review the general criteria for blood donation, temporary restrictions, and the current status of blood supplies.

Thank you for your help!

On behalf of the blood donation center team MUDr. Jarmila Brůnová Celerová
Head of the Transfusion Department

Blood stock status

Last update: 15. 10. 2025

A+ 50 %
A- 30 %
B+ 50 %
B- 25 %
0+ 2 %
0- 25 %
AB+ 50 %
AB- 50 %

General criteria for blood donation:

  • věk: 18–65 let (první odběr do 60 let),
  • hmotnost: minimálně 50 kg,
  • I am not injured, I do not have herpes,
  • I do not suffer from a serious chronic or psychiatric illness,
  • I am not HIV positive,
  • I have not had hepatitis B, C,
  • I have not had malaria,
  • I do not belong to a risk group (promiscuous lifestyle, drug user),
  • I am not an alcoholic.

Please also pay attention to temporary restrictions on donation.

Your doctor will decide whether you will be able to donate blood.

Please observe the intervals between your donations:

Kind of donation

Intervals between donation

Donation of blood – Donation of blood

Women 4 months
Men 3 months

Donation of blood – Plasmapheresis

1 month

Plasmapheresis – donation of blood

14 days

Plasmapheresis – Plasmapheresis

14 days

Current health conditions that exclude plasma donation:

  • I am currently sick, I am on sick leave,
  • I am injured, I have a cold sore,
  • I have had dental treatment (tooth extraction) in the last week,
  • I have taken antibiotics in the last month,
  • I have been bitten by a tick in the last month,
  • I have been vaccinated against hepatitis B in the last month;
  • I have had a tattoo or piercing in the last 4 months, I have had surgery or an endoscopic examination,
  • For women: I am currently menstruating, I am pregnant, it has not been 6 months since my last birth or abortion (unless the attending physician recommends a longer period), it has not been 6 months since I stopped breastfeeding,
  • I have had covid-19 and it has not been 14 days since I ended my isolation.

Restrictions due to international travel:

When staying outside Europe, the deferral for donating blood is at least 28 days after return:


When traveling to a country with a risk of malaria:

Without Symptoms

6 months

without symptoms + antimalarials

12 months

When traveling to a country with a risk of West Nile virus infection:

People who have stayed (a visit including at least 1 overnight stay is considered a stay) in the following countries or regions between 1 May 2025 and 31 October 2025 are temporarily excluded from donating for 28 days after leaving the country or region:

Country

Exclusion area

Albania

the whole country

Italy

the whole country including islands

Hungary

the whole country

Romania

the whole country

Greece

the entire mainland and the island of Thasos

Serbia

the whole country

Spain

regions of Andalusia and Extremadura

  • 24 hours before collection, no alcohol, no fatty foods, drink 2-3 liters of fluids,
  • 12 hours before collection,
  • eat a light breakfast on the morning of the collection (avoid fatty and dairy products) and hydrate sufficiently.

Please follow the dietary precautions, otherwise your blood donation must be invalidated.

Upon arrival at the center, you will be asked to:

  • register, for which you will need an ID card, proof of health insurance, and donor ID (if you have one);
  • read the Blood Donor Information document;
  • fill out the Blood Donor Questionnaire;
  • have your blood count checked;
  • have a doctor’s examination;
  • donate your blood (if the doctor determines that you are a suitable donor).

Please adhere to the scheduled time of your donation to ensure that donors can pass through our center smoothly. Thank you! 🙂

Blood donation take place on weekdays from 6:15 to 9:30 AM.

You can book by phone at +420 543 182 190 or via the online booking calendar:

Donate blood

Blood plasma is the liquid component of blood, containing mainly proteins, minerals and enzymes. In addition to the function of a liquid environment for blood cells, it also performs a number of other tasks, for example, in the transfer of absorbed nutrients, stopping bleeding and ensuring immunity.

Plasma obtained from blood donations and plasmapheresis is used for clinical use for patients with bleeding symptoms, circulatory shock, liver failure, burns, or for the production of concentrates for stopping bleeding, immunoglobulins and vaccines.

Plasmapheresis is the collection of blood plasma carried out using special devices – separators, when blood plasma is separated from blood cells and they are transferred back to the donor’s bloodstream. The collected plasma can be used to treat patients or as an irreplaceable raw material in the pharmaceutical industry in the production of a wide range of drugs.

  • Age: 18–65 years (first collection under 60 years),
  • weight: at least 60 kg,
  • I have easily accessible veins,
  • I am not injured, do not have herpes,
  • I do not suffer from a serious chronic or psychiatric illness,
  • I am not HIV positive,
  • I have not had hepatitis B, C,
  • I have not had malaria,
  • I do not belong to a risk group (promiscuous lifestyle, drug user),
  • I am not an alcoholic,
  • I have had at least one routine whole blood donation at the given department in the last 6 months without complications.

Current health conditions that exclude plasma donation:

  • I am currently sick, I am on sick leave;
  • I am injured, I have a cold sore;
  • I have had dental treatment (tooth extraction) in the last week;
  • I have taken antibiotics in the last month;
  • I have been bitten by a tick in the last month;
  • I have been vaccinated against hepatitis B in the last month;
  • I have had a tattoo or piercing in the last 4 months, I have had surgery or an endoscopic examination;
  • For women: I am currently menstruating, I am pregnant, it has not been 6 months since my last birth or abortion (unless the attending physician recommends a longer period), it has not been 6 months since I stopped breastfeeding;
  • I have had covid-19 and it has not been 14 days since I ended my isolation.

Restrictions due to international travel:

When staying outside Europe, the deferral for donating blood is at least 28 days after return:

When traveling to a country with a risk of malaria: 

Without Symptoms

6 months

without symptoms + antimalarials

12 months

Při vycestování do země s rizikem infekce virem západonilské horečky:

When traveling to a country with a risk of West Nile virus infection:
People who have stayed (a visit including at least 1 overnight stay is considered a stay) in the following countries or regions between 1 May 2025 and 31 October 2025 are temporarily excluded from donating for 28 days after leaving the country or region:

Country

Albania

the whole country

Itály

the whole country including islands

Hungary

the whole country

Romania

the whole country

Greece

the entire mainland and the island of Thasos

Serbia

the whole country

Spain

regions of Andalusia and Extremadura

Blood plasma can be donated more frequently than whole blood, but no more than once every 14 days. The maximum permitted amount is 25 liters per year. Plasma can only be donated one month after donating blood.

Type of consumption

Interval between collections

Blood collection – plasmapheresis

1 month

Plasmapheresis – blood collection

14 days

Plasmapheresis – plasmapheresis

14 days

  • 24 hours before collection, no alcohol, no fatty foods, drink 2-3 liters of fluids,
  • 12 hours before collection,
  • eat a light breakfast on the morning of the collection (avoid fatty and dairy products) and hydrate sufficiently.

Please follow the dietary precautions, otherwise your blood donation must be invalidated.

Upon arrival at the center, you will be asked to:

  • register, for which you will need an ID card, proof of health insurance, and donor ID (if you have one);
  • fill out the Blood Plasma Donor Questionnaire;
  • have a blood count test;
  • have a doctor’s examination;
  • collect (if the doctor determines that you are a suitable donor).
  • The donation is performed using an automatic plasmapheresis machine, to which the donor is connected for approximately 45 to 60 minutes. Approximately 650 ml of plasma is collected, depending on the donor’s weight.

The collection is performed using an automatic plasmapheresis machine, to which the donor is connected for approximately 45 to 60 minutes. Approximately 650 ml of plasma is collected, depending on the donor’s weight.

Please adhere to the scheduled time of your donation to ensure that donors can pass through our center smoothly. Thank you!

Plasma donation takes place from Monday to Thursday from 8 AM to 11 AM. You can order by phone at 543 182 190 or via the online reservation calendar

Donate plasma

Our center is the recruitment center of the Czech National Bone Marrow Registry. This means that you can register with us by collecting a blood sample.

Who can register?

  • Age 18–35 years,
  • good health,
  • no serious illness in the past,
  • no permanent use of medication (excluding contraception and seasonal allergy medications),
  • weight over 50 kg.

You can register with the bone marrow donor registry between 6:15–9:30 or between 11:00–13:00.

If you are also donating blood or blood plasma, please report your interest in registering to the registry worker.

Blood donation in the Czech Republic is unpaid, which means that donors do not receive financial compensation – they donate blood voluntarily and without any entitlement to remuneration. This approach is in line with the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO), according to which unpaid donation is the safest and most reliable form of blood collection.

When rewarding blood plasma donors, we follow the same principles as blood donors. Voluntary, unpaid donation increases the safety of our patients who receive plasma as part of their treatment.

However, donors still receive some benefits:

  • a day off from work on the day of collection
  • a certificate of unpaid blood donation for tax purposes (a discount of CZK 3,000 per donation)
  • refreshments after collection – a voucher worth CZK 200 (plasma donors CZK 300) can be used at the Bistro at St. Anne’s;
  • benefits from health insurance companies.

Thanks to the support of our partners, we can offer additional small benefits.

  • fruit at the collection center from Hortim;
  • gift voucher to Optika Valore for a professional eye examination and purchase of prescription glasses;
  • 1+1 free admission to the cryochamber at the Náskok recreation studio;
  • more than 50% discount on admission to the Aqua zone at Aqualand Moravia. The discounted price also applies to accompanying persons (1 person);
  • 1+1 free admission to the 4Comfort wellness center in Obřany, Brno;
  • Free admission to the VIDA! Science Center. Valid for one month after donation upon presentation of donor ID or confirmation of donation.
  • 20% discount on purchases at FAnn perfumeries or at the e-shop www.fann.cz;
  • 40% discount on tickets to selected performances at the Bolek Polívka Theater. Vouchers are valid until December 31, 2025.
  • gift voucher for a trial training ride on a racing dragon boat under the flag of the Dragons of Prygl;
  • Birell from Plzeňský Prazdroj.
Obrázek zobrazuje loga jednotlivých partnerů transfuzní stanice nemocnice u sv. Anny v brně

The sampling center is located on the first basement floor of building B1 on the premises of St. Anne’s University Hospital in Brno.

Free parking spaces are reserved for donors in front of building B1. Please inform the receptionist that you are there to donate blood or plasma. When leaving, you will need to show the confirmation issued upon request at the collection center.

Do you have a question for us? We will be happy to answer it. We also welcome any feedback.

Phone

+420 543 182 190 (7:00–15:00)

E-mail

sekr.to@fnusa.cz