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When a person receives a tattoo or has an ear or body part pierced, there is an opportunity to come into contact with someone else's blood. This puts the recipient of the tattoo or piercing at risk of contracting a transmissible disease. For this reason, both FDA and American Red Cross regulations require deferral of their blood donation for 12 months following the incident

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