Confidential unit exclusion at the Regional Blood bank in Montes Claros: Fundação Hemominas

• Autor(a) principal: Maia,Caroline Nogueira
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Ruas,Munic de Oliveira, Urias,Elaine Veloso Rocha
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista brasileira de hematologia e hemoterapia (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842012000100008
• topic: Blood donors; Blood safety; Donor selection

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed at analyzing the rate of self-exclusion at the Regional Blood Bank in Montes Claros. METHODS: Data of self-excluding donors from August 2008 to August 2010 were analyzed. The following variables were considered: age, marital status, gender, ethnical background, blood group, Rh factor, number of donations, type of donation and serologic results. RESULTS: During the analyzed period, 34,778 individuals donated blood, 215 (0.62%) of which were self-excluded; 12% of donors did not answer, 6.3% ballots were spoilt and 13.6% of the responses were considered non-compliant. The profile of the donors was: male (81.9%), single (50.7%), aged between 19 and 29 years old (52.1%), Mulatto (48.3%), blood group O (32.1%) and positive Rh (32.1%). Most individuals were donating for the 2nd to 5th time (43.7%) and had negative serology (94.4%). CONCLUSIONS: It was not evident that self-excluding donors had higher rates of seropositivity.