Blood Donors Deferral Pattern in a Rural Teaching Hospital
Introduction: Blood transfusion services are a vital part of the national health delivery system. The responsibility for ensuring a continuous supply of blood rests with health administrators, who need to galvanize entire community towards regular and non-remunerated blood donation. Blood donor...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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JCDR Research and Publications Pvt. Ltd.
2012-06-01
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| Series: | National Journal of Laboratory Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://www.njlm.net/articles/PDF/1936/1-4190.pdf |
| Summary: | Introduction: Blood transfusion services are a vital part
of the national health delivery system. The responsibility
for ensuring a continuous supply of blood rests with health
administrators, who need to galvanize entire community
towards regular and non-remunerated blood donation.
Blood donor deferral, either temporarily or permanently is an
important step in improving the safety of blood transfusion.
Objectives: This retrospective study quantifies and analyzed the rate and reasons of donor deferral in a teaching
hospital.
Materials and Methods: A total of 12,000 donors were taken
up for study. All pre-donation deferral for the prospective
blood donors over a period of 2 years were analyzed.
Results: 8.33% were deferred from donation and among
these deferrals, majority (82.5%)were temporarily deferred
and (17.05%) were permanently deferred. The most common
reason for deferral was low haemoglobin count (23.7%)
followed by abnormal blood pressure (12.7%).
Conclusion: It is important to determine the rate and
causes of donors deferral to guide the recruitment and
retention efforts at local, regional, and national level.
Analysis of rejection patterns may help medical personnel
to be more focused in donor screening. This will not only
help in improving the donor and recipient safety but also
in maintaining a healthy donor pool in the long run, which
provided the potential donors are appropriately counseled
and managed to improve the efficiency of the donor
program. Temporary donor deferrals need to be actively
and aggressively managed so as not to lead to a diminished
supply of future donors. |
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| ISSN: | 2277-8551 2455-6882 |