Pre-Donation Deferral of Whole Blood Donors in District Transfusion Centre
Background: Blood transfusion saves lives and improves health, but millions of patients who need transfusion do not have timely access to safe blood. Pre-donation donor selection is done for the safety of the blood donor and recipient. Aims: Primary objective of this study was to record and docu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
2012-02-01
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Series: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research |
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Online Access: | https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/1841/11%20-%203755.(A).pdf |
Summary: | Background: Blood transfusion saves lives and improves health,
but millions of patients who need transfusion do not have timely
access to safe blood. Pre-donation donor selection is done for
the safety of the blood donor and recipient.
Aims: Primary objective of this study was to record and document the current rate and reasons for donor deferral in our
District Transfusion Centre.
Methods and Material: Study was conducted on whole blood
donors (voluntary/replacement), arrived for donating blood at
our blood bank, during 1st January 2009 to 31st December
2010. The donor selection was done by pre-donation screening
tests like questionnaire followed by physical examination
and haemoglobin estimation. The deferred donor’s data was
analysed.
Results: Out of 9113 blood donors who came to donate blood,
94.81% were eligible for donation and 5.19% blood donors were
deferred. The deferral rate among male population (401/8870
cases, 4.52%) and female population (72/243 cases, 29.63%)
were observed. Most common cause of deferral in our study was
hypertension (189, 39.95%), followed by anaemia (92, 19.45%),
low body weight (43, 9.09%).
Conclusions: Hence studying the profile of blood donors
will help to identify sections of the population which could be
targeted, to increase the pool of voluntary blood donors and
also to guide and provide the necessary essential database for
the policy design and programme implementation. |
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ISSN: | 2249-782X 0973-709X |