1Senior Resident, Dept. of Transfusion Medicine, A.I.I.M.S, Rishikesh
2Associate Professor, Dept. of Pathology, Maharishi Makandeshwar Medical College and Hospital, Solan, Himachal Pradesh
*Corresponding author: Dr. Anuj Sharma Associate Professor, Dept. of Pathology, Maharishi Markandeshwar Medical College & Hospital, Solan (H.P) Email: dranujsharma81@gmail.com
Online published on 7 December, 2018.
Safe donors are encouraged to donate their blood while at-risk donors are encouraged to self defer from blood donation. The purpose of present study was to evaluate deferral pattern among blood donor population in the hilly terrain of Solan region, North India.
The present study was conducted to analyse the retrospective data for various causes of deferral of whole blood donors over a period of one year, from June 2015 to May 2016, among different age groups of both the sex at the Department of Transfusion Medicine, Maharishi Markandeshwar Medical College and Hospital, Solan
Out of 2195 whole blood donors, 105 (4.78%) were deferred. Most common cause of temporary deferral was Low Hemoglobin (17.58%) followed by antibiotics intake (14.23%), alcohol intake (13.19%), jaundice (10.9%) and typhoid (8.79%). The most common cause of permanent deferral was Hypertension (57.14%) and Asthma (14.28%).
A deferral study in blood donors sheds light on the health status of the general population that affect the blood supply.
Donor deferralk, Transfusion Medicine, temporary deferral, permanent deferral
