IJSR International Journal of Scientific Research 2277 - 8179 Indian Society for Health and Advanced Research ijsr-7-8-16274 Original Research Paper The Evaluation of Blood Donor Deferral Pattern : Retrospective Study At Tertiary Health Care Hospital In Ranchi Jharkhand India. Santosh Kumar Dr. Dr Rupali Kaushal Dr. Dr Rakesh Kumar Khunte Dr. August 2018 7 8 01 02 ABSTRACT

 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.