Pre-donation blood donor deferral at Aden blood transfusion center

الملخص EN

Objectives : A retrospective study of the main causes of pre-donation deferral of prospective blood donors attended Aden Blood Transfusion Center.

Methods : In this retrospective study, the main causes of pre donation deferral were evaluated by analyzing the donors cards of the deferred donors from June 2007 to April 2009.

Results : Out of the 9365 donors, who attended Aden Blood Transfusion Center to donate blood, 1796 (19.1%) were deferred for various reasons.

The main causes were : 1-low hematocrit level, 2-medical illness and ingestion of medicaments, 3-under weight, 4- other various causes, 5-Cupping, 6-low blood pressure, 7- high blood pressure, 8- short interval since the last donation 9- history of malaria, 10- chewing 'khat' the time of donation,11- history of operation 12- age below the accepted limit.

Conclusion and recommendation : In this study, lack of public awareness on common causes of donor deferral is the principal cause of high rate of deferrals.

We need to monitor and create a new criteria that protect the donors and the recipients as well, with minimal donor loss and encouragement of non-remunerated voluntary donors.