How long do i have to wait to donate blood after having staph infection?

You have to wait until your infection is completely gone.

Explanation: Why we are not allowed to donate blood if we have staph infection? The reason is quite obvious, we know that this is caused by a bacteria named staphylococcus bacteria . This bacteria is commonly found on skin of normal person and can cause minor infections but if the infection penetrates deep into skin, it enters the blood stream and other organs. To make it easy to understand we will say that it contaminates the blood and the victim has to take antibiotics to get rid of infection. As we know that bacterial infections are contagious and if it contaminates your blood that means if you will donate blood before getting completely healthy you will transfer this diseases to the blood recipient.

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