Donor blood wastage: Reasons & Prevention

Lean six Sigma to reduce blood wastage.

Analysis of blood donor pre-donation deferral in Dubai: characteristics and reasons

BACKGROUND To ensure an adequate and safe blood supply, it is crucial to select suitable donors according to stringent eligibility criteria. Understanding the reasons for donor deferral can help in planning more efficient recruitment strategies and evaluating donor selection criteria. This study aims to define donor pre-donation deferral rates, causes of deferral, and characteristics of deferre...

Rates and reasons for blood donor deferral, Shiraz, Iran. A retrospective study.

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Knowledge of the reasons for donor deferral can help in planning more efficient recruitment strategies and evaluating donor selection criteria. This study aimed to investigate the rates and reasons for donor deferral. DESIGN AND SETTING Retrospective study at Shiraz Blood Transfusion Center, Shiraz, Iran. METHODS 141,820 volunteers were interviewed confidentially by ph...

Effectiveness of multiple initiatives to reduce blood component wastage.

OBJECTIVES Blood component waste is an important issue at all hospitals. As an initiative of the patient blood management program at a regional health care system, the causes and extent of blood product wastage were identified, and targeted interventions to effect a reduction were implemented. METHODS Multiple low-cost interventions, including educational outreach, print and digital messaging...

A febrile blood donor.

A 4-day-old neonate born prematurely at 29 weeks gestation developed thrombocytopenia (platelet count 43 10/L) with associated severe pulmonary and intracranial hemorrhaging. Urgent transfusions with 10 mL/kg of packed red cells and 10 mL/kg of platelet concentrate were given. These were sourced from blood donated 2 days earlier in Singapore by a 21-yearold female university student who was cli...