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# Exercise - Whole blood and components

## Essential information

Discretionary

  Providing the donor is well hydrated, recovered from recent exercise and appropriate advice is given concerning post-donation exercise, accept.

## Supporting information

Additional information

  People who are planning to undertake exercise after giving blood should be advised that donation may affect their performance and may also increase the risk of bleeding from the venepuncture (needle entry) site and of other adverse events such as fainting. They may wish to wait until the following day so as to avoid any problems.

  Individuals who undertake sport at high levels of performance should be aware of both the short-term effect of blood donation on performance and the possible long-term effects if they should become short of iron. They may wish to seek specialist advice on how to avoid adverse effects on their performance from donation.

Reason for change:
  This is a new entry.
Version details:

  WB-DSG Edition 203 Release 01 (01 June 2010)

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