Evaluation of Causes of Deferral among Blood Donors - Abstract
Background: Blood safety is a major issue all over world-wide in transfusion medicine. For this reason, blood donor selection is important for the safety of donors and recipients as well as for maintaining an adequate blood supply. Detailed analysis of various causes for deferral of blood donors may helpful for medical personnel to curb the barriers that impede the blood donation. The aim of this study was to analyze the rate of deferral and evaluate the various causes of deferral in blood donors to achieving 100% acceptance.
Methods: This is an Observational descriptive record-based study over a time period of 1 year from January 2019 to December 2019. Donor acceptance criteria were followed according to the National guidelines for blood donation. Data were collected from the Donor deferral registry with respect to age and Gender. The causes of deferral were categorized as temporary and permanent
Result: A total of 9059 donors presenting to the blood bank during the study period, 7713 (85.14%), were accepted for donation, and 1346 (14.86%), were deferred. Out of 1346 deferral, 898 (66.71%), were males and 448 (32.92%), were females. Among the deferred, 964 (71.48%), were deferred for temporary reasons and 382 (28.52%), for permanent reasons. Low haemoglobin was a common cause for temporary deferral (27.82%), and hypertension for permanent deferral (97.12%), constituting 27.56% of the total deferrals.