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Trends in prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection among Albanian blood donors, 1999-2009

Virology Journal, 2011
Background Hepatitis B virus (HBV) was among the first virus known to be transmitted by blood and blood productions. The objective of this study is to determine the trend of hepatitis B virus in blood donors.
Qyra Shpetim, Durro Vjollca
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Sero epidemiology of hepatitis C in blood donors- 5 yrs study from gandhi hospital blood bank

MRIMS Journal of Health Sciences, 2014
Background: Transmissible infections such as HIV, Hepatitis and Syphilis are greatest threat to blood safety for the transfusion recipients. Infection with Hepatitis C virus [HCV] causes Hepatitis, Cirrhosis and Hepatocellular carcinoma.
P Jijiya Bai, V Geeta, B Bheeshma, G Sreenivas, O Shravan Kumar   +4 more
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Application of information technology may increase the efficacy of Confidential Unit Exclusion (CUE) in blood donors

Electronic Physician, 2013
Confidential Unit Exclusion (CUE) refers to a procedure by which a blood donor designates confidentially whether his or her blood might not be safe for transfusion.
Mehrdad Jalalian, Hamidreza Mahboobi
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Hepatitis C Virus Genotyping from anti-HCV Negative Sera in Blood Donors [PDF]

, 2023
HCV transmission is commonly derived from blood transfusions. Some different aspects, such as location, infection prevalence, and genotype distribution, may affect the occurrence of HCV in blood donors.
Retno Handajani, Supiana Dian Nurtjahyani   +1 more
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Demographic difference and influencing factors of motivations between whole blood and plasmapheresis donors: a comparative study

Zhongguo shuxue zazhi, 2023
Objective To explore the difference of demographics and influencing factors of motivations between whole blood donors and plasmapheresis donors, so as to provide scientific reference for effective recruitment strategy.
Guanglin XIAO, Qiongshu WEI, Ya WANG, Xiaojun MA, Yong WANG, Jing HUANG, Shouqiang YANG, Peizhe ZHAO   +7 more
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Voluntary Whole-Blood Donors, and Compensated Platelet Donors and Plasma Donors: Motivation, Altruism, and Aggression

, 2005
Background and objectives: To establish if voluntary whole-blood donors and compensated platelet donors and plasma donors may differ in their motivation to donate, altruism, aggression and autoaggression.
Trimmel, M, Lattacher, H, Janda, M, lattacher, Helene, Trimmel, Michael, Janda, Monika   +5 more
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Expert consensus on the adjustment of upper age limit for voluntary blood donors

Zhongguo shuxue zazhi
To address the dual challenges of population aging and increasing demand for blood, and based on domestic and international evidence, this consensus provides a systematic evaluation of the scientific rationale and safety profiles associated with ...
Expert Consensus Writing Group of Adjustment of Upper Age Limit for Voluntary Blood Donors
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Analyzing the blood bank service quality from Indian blood donors' perspective: An empirical evidence

Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2019
Objective: The objective of this study is to assess the levels of service quality provided by blood banks from blood donors' perspective and simultaneously judge the opinion of their satisfaction level based on SERVQUAL (service quality) variables ...
Shantanu Saha, Jayatee Bhattacharya
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Donating blood for research: a potential method for enhancing customer satisfaction of permanently deferred blood donors.

, 2017
BACKGROUND: Each year, a large number of individuals in Australia are deferred from donating blood. A deferral may have a negative impact on donor satisfaction and subsequent word-of-mouth communication.
Hayman, J, Thijsen, A, Garradd, A, Smith, G, Waller, D, Smith, Geoff, Garradd, Allira, Thijsen, Amanda, Waller, Daniel J. (R21098), Hayman, Jane   +9 more
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First-time Blood Donors Are Double-edged Swords for Blood Transfusion Centers: A Retrospective Study in Southwest Iran

Turkish Journal of Hematology, 2020
Objective: First-time blood donors are the most common group of blood donors. They usually have different motivations for blood donation, some of which provoke the donors to hide risk factors of transfusion-transmissible infections (TTIs).
Hamid Reza Niazkar, Akbar Dorgalaleh, Fariba Rad   +2 more
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