A study on analysis of blood donation deferral during blood donation camp at tertiary-care teaching hospital in south Gujarat region
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 5
Abstract
Background: Blood is lifesaving medicine for critically ill patients. Blood donations save many lives in the world. With that blood is very important for vitality of humans. So, in the blood donations, it is very important to maintain safety of donor and recipient. For that, donor selection is the most important criterion of blood donation. Objective: To find out the reasons for deferrals of blood donors at volunteer blood donation camp. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out at blood bank in GMERS Medical College, Valsad, Gujarat, India. In this study, investigator visited volunteer blood donation camps organized by blood bank during 1 month. Each donor was examined by the medical officer based on detailed medical history and brief physical examination as per the criteria laid down by Director General Health services and drugs controller of India. Data were presented as percentages, and analysis of data was done by using MS Excel. Result: During the study period, a total of 161 volunteers were willing to donate blood. Of them, 132 (81.99%) were male and 29 (18.01%) female volunteers. Most of the volunteer blood donors belonged to 21–30 years of age group (37.89%). Among them, 161 volunteers for blood donation, 28 (17.39%) of them were rejected because of various reasons, and three (1.86%) persons did not donate blood. The most common reason for deferral in this study was history of jaundice (35.71%). Other causes were anemia, high blood pressure, and menorrhagia. Conclusion: In this study, reasons for rejection of volunteer blood donors were studied. The most common reason of such rejection was history of jaundice. Other reasons were anemia, hypertension, heart disease, etc.
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Amit Shah, Prarthana Joshi, Grishama B Aghera, Kamlesh J Shah
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- DOI 10.5455/ijmsph.2016.27122015307
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