Blood donation deferral policies among men who have sex with men in Brazil by Miriane Lucindo Zucoloto, Thelma T. Gonçalez, Willi McFarland, Brian Custer, Guilherme Galdino, Edson Z. Martinez

“…Current Brazilian regulations defer MSM from blood donation for 12-months after the last male-male sexual encounter. …”
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Can we tweak the golden number of 12.5 gm% hemoglobin for blood donation? by Abhishekh Basavarajegowda, Saptarshi Mandal

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S289: MOTIVATORS AND BARRIERS TO BLOOD DONATION AMONG POTENTIAL DONORS OF AFRICAN AND CAUCASIAN ETHNICITY by H. Fogarty, M. Sardana, L. Sheridan, P. Chieng, S. Kelly, N. Ngwenya, C. Sheehan, K. Morris, E. Tuohy

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Ferritin Trajectories over Repeated Whole Blood Donations: Results from the FIND+ Study by Sara Moazzen, Maike G. Sweegers, Mart Janssen, Boris M. Hogema, Trynke Hoekstra, Katja Van den Hurk

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Determinants of voluntary blood donation in the city of Bahir Dar: A case–control study by Berhanu Elfu Feleke

Subjects: “…ethiopia voluntary blood donation…”
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Causes of discontinuity of blood donation among donors in Shiraz, Iran: cross-sectional study by Leila Kasraian

“…CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: The adequacy of blood depends on blood donation rates and numbers of blood donors. To prepare adequate blood supplies, it is essential to investigate the barriers and factors that stop individuals from donating. …”
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Parents’ knowledge, awareness and attitudes of cord blood donation and banking options: an integrative review by Lisa Peberdy, Jeanine Young, Debbie Louise Massey, Lauren Kearney

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Combined Preoperative Autologous Blood Donation and Intra-Operative Cell Salvage for Hip Surgery by Reiko Kubota, Masahiko Nozawa, Keiji Matsuda, Katsuhiko Maezawa, Sung-Gon Kim, Kouichi Maeda, Takashi Ikegami, Kentarou Hayashi, Masataka Nagayama, Haruka Kaneko

“…To review records of 161 consecutive hip surgery patients for whom preoperative autologous blood donation (PABD) was used in combination with intra-operative cell salvage (ICS). …”
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Adoption of Iran’s code of ethics for blood donation and transfusion as a public health policy by Abolfazl Asghari, Aliakbar Pourfathollah, Mahmoud Abbasi, Tooran Mohammadi, Forouzan Akrami

“…This study aimed to develop a national code of ethics for blood donation and transfusion (BDT). This was a qualitative research with a multi methods approach in which a combination of methods including situational analysis, focus group discussion and expert panels were used. …”
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Blood donation practices and willingness to donate among residents of an urban slum in Lagos Nigeria by A O Sekoni, M R Balogun, O O Odukoya, V Inem, O O Onigbogi

“…Aim and Objectives : This study was carried out to assess the blood donation practices and willingness to donate among residents of an urban slum. …”
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Blood donor app usage behaviour and perceptions: Considerations for a blood donation app by Andrea Potgieter, Chris Rensleigh

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Effects of blood components of preoperative autologous blood donation on functions of myelopoietic stem cells by Yu Bai, Yongjun Su, Jinhuo Wang, Na Yao, Lishuang Duan, Tong Liu, Jianrong Guo

“…ABSTRACTObjective To explore the effects of preoperative autologous whole blood donation and autologous pure red blood cell (RBC) donation on hematopoietic stem cells (HSC), clarify the effects of transfusion by different blood components on HSC, and improve the treatment effect of autotransfusion.Methods Forty healthy male New Zealand rabbits were divided into five groups (n = 8) at random: control (Group A), surgery alone (Group B), surgery + blood sampling (Group C), surgery + preoperative autologous whole blood autotransfusion (Group D), and surgery + preoperative autologous pure RBC autotransfusion (Group E). …”
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Development of a questionnaire to assess knowledge regarding blood donation in a Brazilian population by Miriane Lucindo Zucoloto, Edson Zangiacomi Martinez

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Antenatal blood donation: Perception of pregnant women in a rural community Northwest Nigeria by O Ashimi Adewale, G Amole Taiwo, Halima Umar Ibrahim, Usman Hauwa

“…Objectives: To evaluate pregnant women perception towards blood donation by their relatives/spouses for them during antenatal period and attitude towards compulsory blood donation. …”
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Viable bacteria associated with red blood cells and plasma in freshly drawn blood donations. by Christian Damgaard, Karin Magnussen, Christian Enevold, Martin Nilsson, Tim Tolker-Nielsen, Palle Holmstrup, Claus Henrik Nielsen

“…<h4>Results</h4>Bacterial growth was observed on plates inoculated with plasma or RBCs from 62% of the blood donations. Growth was evident in 21 (35%) of 60 RBC-fractions and in 32 (53%) of 60 plasma-fractions versus 8 of 60 negative controls (p = 0.005 and p = 2.6x10-6, respectively). …”
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Perspectives and attitudes to voluntary blood donation in a tertiary referral hospital blood bank by Umakanth Siromani, Tsuneo Tsubaki, Dolly Daniel, Joy John Mammen, Sukesh Chandra Nair

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Perception and Practices of Voluntary Blood Donation Amongst Students of Higher Educational Institutes in India by Rajiv Yeravdekar, Alaka Chandak, Sharvari Shukla

Subjects: “…voluntary blood donation (vdb)…”
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Blood donation amidst the COVID pandemic: knowledge, attitude and practice of non-medical professionals by Archana Shetty, H.V. Shubha, T.G. Vivek

Subjects: “…blood donation…”
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Blood donation amidst the COVID pandemic: knowledge, attitude and practice of non-medical professionals by Archana Shetty, H.V. Shubha, T.G. Vivek

Subjects: “…Blood Donation, Awareness, COVID-19, Vaccination, Donor…”
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West Nile virus positive blood donation and subsequent entomological investigation, Austria, 2014. by Jolanta Kolodziejek, Bernhard Seidel, Christof Jungbauer, Katharina Dimmel, Michael Kolodziejek, Ivo Rudolf, Zdenek Hubálek, Franz Allerberger, Norbert Nowotny

“…The detection of West Nile virus (WNV) nucleic acid in a blood donation from Vienna, Austria, as well as in Culex pipiens pupae and egg rafts, sampled close to the donor's residence, is reported. …”
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