Affiliation:
1. Associate Professor, Blood Centre, J.N. Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal
2. Senior Resident, J.N. Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal
Abstract
Introduction: One of the important goals of a blood centre is to maintain safe blood supply while maximizing the potential blood donors to donate
blood. Donor deferral has a negative impact on donor retention and recruitment. Therefore, due care should be given during donor selection to
avoid false deferral. Material & Methods: This cross-sectional study included all the potential blood donors who registered for donation in the
Blood Centre of a teaching hospital, Northeast India, between November, 2020 and October, 2022. The prevalence, pattern and leading causes of
deferral were evaluated. Results: Out of 20,137 prospective blood donors, 3779 were deferred due to various reasons. The prevalence of deferral
was 18.77%. Temporary deferral accounted 87.25% of all deferrals. Physical and physiological conditions were the commonest reason (1768) for
deferral followed by medical and surgical conditions (1061). The common causes of deferrals were hypertension (20.83%), medications (19.58%),
poor sleep (14.45%), alcoholism (7.75%), TTI risk (6.62%) and anaemia (5.74%). Conclusion: The process of donor deferral should not be an
element of discouragement for future donations of temporarily deferred donors. Pre-donation information in various forms can help in reducing
deferrals due to factors that are modiable by the prospective donors. More precise donor selection criteria may reduce the subjective variations of
donor interviewers.
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