Blood donor deferrals in a tertiary care teaching hospital blood bank in Bangalore - A retrospective study
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Pathology and Oncology - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: Transfusion of blood is a regular procedure in day to day outpatient and in-patient operations in the hospitals. However, what is of concern is, unavailability of sufficient blood in terms of quantity and quality on day to day basis, there by endangering a great number of lives that could otherwise be saved quite easily. This has been seen to be a global concern but more severe in developing countries. Screening of blood from donors for safety is vital step in preventing transfusion related infections and reactions. In this process, a number of donors are rejected for a variety of reasons, where some are temporarily deferred and some permanently. Paucity of donors has always been a problem faced worldwide. Aim: This study aims to quantify the blood donor deferrals and analyse the reasons of deferring in a tertiary care teaching hospital blood bank. Methods: A two-year retrospective review of blood donor data present in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar teaching hospital blood bank is undertaken. Results: A deferral rate of 7.2% was noted in the study (92/1267). 100% were replacement donors. Female donors constituted 11.6% of the entire donor population. Hypertension was the main reason of permanent deferral and history of taking medicine in the recent past was the main basis among the temporary deferral. Other reasons identified for donor deferral were anemia and low blood pressure (BP) accounting for 19.2% each. Conclusion: Deferral rate observed in the retrospective analysis of two-year data matched with findings of other studies conducted elsewhere. However, the grounds of deferral varied due to non-practice of a standardized donor selection criteria in general.
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Sunita B. Patil, Anushree CN, Neeta PN, Sujatha R
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