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Family/friend donors are not true voluntary donors

open access: yesAsian Journal of Transfusion Science, 2012
Background: Family/replacement donors still provide more than 45% of the blood collected in India. National AIDS Control Organization passed the guideline that family/friend donors should be considered as voluntary donors by the blood banks in India ...
Rohit Jain, Gajendra Gupta
doaj   +4 more sources

Hemochromatosis Patients as Voluntary Blood Donors [PDF]

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2004
The present study was designed to investigate hemochromatosis patients' suitability as blood donors as well as their perceptions and experience with the current public donation system.
Tara E Power, Paul C Adams
doaj   +5 more sources

Is there a need to phase out replacement blood donors by voluntary blood donors in hospital based blood transfusion services?

open access: yesIraqi Journal of Hematology, 2017
Background: Providing safe blood for transfusion is a responsibility of every blood bank. Screening for transfusion-transmissible infections (TTI) is one of the ways to ensure safety of blood and its products.
Praneeta Jaswant Singh, Hitesh Bhatt
doaj   +2 more sources

Voluntary Whole-Blood Donors, and Compensated Platelet Donors and Plasma Donors: Motivation, Altruism, and Aggression

open access: yesTransfusion and Apheresis Science, 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   +5 more
core   +6 more sources

Seroprevalence of Transfusion Transmissible Infections Among Voluntary Blood Donors at an Indian Hospital [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of Health Research, 2021
Background: The knowledge of the incidence of blood Transfusion Transmissible Infections (TTIs) such as Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection, malaria and syphilis is essential for monitoring the safety of blood supply ...
Kundra M, Sood S, Gulia SP, Sharma N
doaj   +2 more sources

Seroprevalence of transfusion-transmissible infections among family replacement donors and voluntary non-remunerated blood donors during the COVID-19 pandemic in sub Saharan Africa [PDF]

open access: yesMediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
Introduction : According to WHO,  regular, voluntary, unpaid blood donors are the safest group of donors, as they have the lowest prevalence of blood transmitted infections.
Macoura Gadji   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

PREVALENCE OF TRANSFUSION TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS IN VOLUNTARY AND REPLACEMENT DONORS [PDF]

open access: yesPerspectives In Medical Research, 2019
INDRODUCTION:Transfusion of blood and its components is lifesaving as well as it has life threatening hazards AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: The Aimof the study was to find out the prevalence of Transfusion transmitted infections (TTI) in voluntary and ...
K Sreelatha1, Sharadrutha2
doaj   +2 more sources

Textbook outcome among voluntary donors undergoing major living donor hepatectomy. [PDF]

open access: yesLangenbecks Arch Surg, 2022
Textbook outcome (TO) is a composite measure of outcome and provides superior assessment of quality of care after surgery. TO after major living donor hepatectomy (MLDH) has not been assessed. The objective of this study was to determine the rate of TO and its associated factors, after MLDH.This was a single center retrospective review of living liver ...
Bhatti ABH   +8 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Psychosocial characteristics of blood donors influence their voluntary non-medical lapse [PDF]

open access: yesTransfusion, 2018
Background: Approximately 10% of Dutch donors lapse yearly. Common reasons are non-voluntary medical issues (e.g., low Hemoglobin), reaching the upper age limit, and voluntary (e.g., own request, non-response).
Anne van Dongen   +6 more
core   +7 more sources

An Exploratory Study of the Differences in Attitudes and Motives Regarding COVID-19 Plasma Donation

open access: yesActa Medica Lituanica, 2022
Background: Understanding the attitude and motives and differences between voluntary and replacement blood donation is the key to the sustainable availability of this precious resource.
Ashish Maheshwari   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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