A cross sectional study of the reasons for deferral of voluntary blood donors at a district blood bank attached to a medical college hospital in southern Karnataka
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Pathology and Oncology - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction The study objectives were to determine the demographic profile of voluntary donors who were deferred from donating blood and the different reasons for deferral of those donors who intended to donate blood to the hospital blood bankMaterials and Methods A cross sectional record based study was done from March 2014 to February 2015 at the blood bank The data was entered into Microsoftreg ExcelTM Spreadsheet and was analysed using the same Descriptive statistics were obtainedResult A total of 7319 potential donors were screened by the blood bank of whom 7000 9564 were selected for donating blood and 319 436 were found ineligible for blood donation for various reasons Of all the potential blood donors male donors were 6991 of whom 6783 9702 were selected and 208 298 were deferred from donating blood While out of 328 registered female donors 217 6615 were selected and 1113384 were deferred Permanent deferral rates were comparatively higher for males than females and temporary deferrals were higher among female donors A major proportion of the deferred donors were between the age group of 1830 years Anemia medication intake being underweight and underage were predominant reasons for deferral among temporary deferralsConclusion A significant number of potential blood donors are deferred for various preventable and treatable reasons The deferred donors need to be actively pursued so that they can contribute by donating blood and saving lives as they may get demotivated when they are deferred from donating bloodKeywords Voluntary blood donors Deferral
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K L Shoba, P Subhas Babu
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