A STUDY ON DEFERRAL CASES OF DONORS IN BLOOD BANK IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE
Dr. Tirumala Kanakadurga Sripathi* and Dr. R. Govindarajan
ABSTRACT
For Blood safety donor selection is necessary in addition to the screenings of blood bags for infectious diseases. Deferrals lead to loss of precious blood/ components available for transfusion. To prevent this, we should be having knowledge of causes of deferral and their frequency. In this study, causes of donor deferral were evaluated retrospectively from June 2014 to February 2017 in the blood bank of Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital Chennai. Analysis of the deferrals showed that temporary deferral was more common than permanent deferral. Most common cause in permanent deferral was HBsAg positivity. Causes among temporary deferral were anemia (Hb
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