Infectious disease markers in autologous blood donors and first-time volunteer blood donors: 14 years' experience in a blood center.
The proportion of blood donors with positive infectious disease markers was statistically higher in our population of 3,614 autologous donors than in our population of 276,106 first-time volunteer donors (p<0.005). Our data suggest that our autologous donor population is not as safe as our first-time volunteer donor population.
Hernández
José Manuel
JM
Cid
Joan
J
Claparols
Montse
M
Mallafré
Elvira
E
Pla
Ramón
R
D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood*; D001782:Blood Donors; D001804:Blood Transfusion, Autologous; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000097:blood*; D006805:Human Experimentation
D015415:Biomarkers