/tiles/non-collection/p/part2_08_foraker_joseph_lc.xml Image courtesy of the Library of Congress Joseph Foraker of Ohio, chairman of the Senate Committee on Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico, was a Civil War veteran.
1 You cannot donate within 72 hours of your surgery. 2  Acetaminophen (Tylenol), aspirin and alcohol should be avoided for 48 hours before your donation. 3  Your hemoglobin/hematocrit will be checked and must be at a satisfactory level before donating.
When you go to donate blood, you will be asked if you have had any recent vaccinations. If you have, you might have to postpone your blood donation. For some live or attenuated (weakened) viral or bacterial vaccines (measles, mumps, oral polio, oral typhoid, yellow fever), you have to wait at least two weeks before donating your blood. For rubella or varicella zoster vaccines, you have to wait four weeks.