The Evaluation of Blood Donor Deferral Pattern : Retrospective Study At Tertiary Health Care Hospital In Ranchi Jharkhand India.

Volume : VII, Issue : VIII, August - 2018

Dr Santosh Kumar, Dr Anshu Jamaiyar, Dr Rupali Kaushal, Dr Shaoor Nazish, Dr Rakesh Kumar Khunte, Dr Kavita Deogharia

Blood donors are deferred from donating blood for several reasons, either permanently or temporarily. Blood safety is a major issue all over the

world in transfusion medicine. For this, 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. For preventing this, we should be having knowledge of causes of deferral and

their frequency. In this study, causes of donor deferral were evaluated retrospectively in the blood bank, and donation that occurred in blood camps

organized by Rajendra Institute Of Medical Sciences(RIMS) Ranchi (India) in association with NACO from 1st January 2016 to 31st December

2017. 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<12.5 gm%), malaria in last 3 months, jaundice, alcohol intake

in last 3days, weight <45 kg, age <18 yrs, patients on antibiotic, previous donation in last 3 month, typhoid in last 1 year, dog bite etc.