Pre-donation deferral of blood donors in a Brazilian blood bank: a 10-year experience.
P B DiasN M LissaT SkareK B FáveroP T R AlmeidaRenato Mitsunori NisiharaPublished in: Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England) (2019)
Pre-donation blood donors' deferral ranges from 12·1 to 15·7% in our region. The most common cause was blood donors' health followed by behavioural risk. Anaemia was more common in women. Knowing this specific population better could avoid wasting blood bags and help to minimise costs and still maintain transfusion safety.