Evaluation of the return rate of volunteer blood donors

BACKGROUND: To convert first-time blood donors into regular volunteer donors is a challenge to transfusion services. OBJECTIVES: This study aims to estimate the return rate of first time donors of the Ribeirão Preto Blood Center and of other blood centers in its coverage region. METHODS: The histori...

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Main Authors: Adriana de Fátima Lourençon, Rodrigo Guimarães dos Santos Almeida, Oranice Ferreira, Edson Zangiacomi Martinez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842011000300010