New figures show that only 46% of the active blood
donors at the centre are male.
The objective of the Cyprus
Donor Archive is its constant renewal and upgrading, recording more and more volunteers of bone marrow
donors...
Sustainable
donor education, motivation, mobilization and retention programme, safe blood collection process, including
SGF's signature Shared
Donor Egg Program offers cost savings, access to a larger pool of
donors, and a significant reduction in wait time to select a
donor.
These techniques of using extensive knowledge of
donor and prospect activity, acquired from "third party" sources, are being used to target efforts in digital media as well as traditional direct mail and telemarketing.
An efficient blood
donor programme is important for providing safe transfusion services.
Saudi studies about
donor deferral rates, deferred
donor characteristics and reasons for deferral are scarce.
In a paired donation, two recipients receive a kidney from the other's
donor to achieve a compatible blood type or HLA match.
Medical evidence suggests that among living organ
donors the prevalence of ambivalence is between 5% and 15%, with the ambivalence being so severe that up to 15% of individuals are not able to become
donors.
On counting the number of risk factors per potential
donor, we found that fewer than 20% of
donors vs 65% of the nondonors had more than 3 risk factors.
The SANBS screens Hb levels of all
donors at each donation using the copper sulphate specific gravity method.
The decision to develop consistency in the independent living
donor advocacy was made during the April 2012 Living
Donor Committee meeting.
After proper
donor selection as per the laid down criteria, blood donation is a relatively safe procedure.
The use of computed tomographic angiography (CTA) to assess the quality of
donor kidneys and the renal vasculature is part of the
donor workup.[sup.3,5,8] There are inherent risks associated with the medical and radiological evaluation itself, including incidental pathological findings and the emotional impact of being turned down for donation.[sup.7] One review of 1600 potential
donors demonstrated that 49% were excluded for medical and ethical reasons.[sup.2]
One of the most important steps in improving the safety of blood and blood products is
donor selection.