Transfusion Medicine

Data from C.D.L. Oliveira et al provide new insights into transfusion medicine

Published in Blood Weekly, June 11th, 2009

"Shortage of safe blood donors is frequent and it is important to understand the causes of deferral of potential donors, who reside mainly in urban areas, to improve recruitment campaigns aiming at the quality/availability of donors. In Minas Gerais State, Brazil, Hemominas Foundation collects, analyzes, and distributes more than 90 percent of blood," researchers in Belo Horizonte, Brazil report.

"Blood is collected in 19 centers in cities. In 2006, data from 335,109 attempts to donate were analyzed. Seventy-seven percent of donor candidates were less than 40 years old, with 57.1 percent nonwhite and 66 percent male. A total of 21.6 percent were deferred at the...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2009-06-11)

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