title: The evaluation of blood donor deferral causes.
abstract: Safety of blood and blood products is a major problem all over the world. Screening for the markers of infectious diseases is an incomplete solution. One of the most important steps in improving the safety of blood and blood products is donor selection. In this study, causes of donor deferral were evaluated retrospectively in the blood center of a children's hospital. Analysis of the deferrals showed that the most commonly defined causes were recent sexual exposure in high-risk activity, recent ingestion of medication, low hemoglobin level, abnormal blood pressure, being underweight, tattoos, piercing or acupuncture in the preceding 6 months, recent history of infection and presenting for a subsequent donation too soon, elevation of transaminases, presence of the markers of the infectious diseases.
authors.affiliation: Dr. Behcet Uz Children's Hospital, Clinics of Hematology-Oncology, Izmir, Turkey. huseyingulen@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Hüseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gülen
authors.forename: Funda
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tüzün
authors.forename: Yüce
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ayhan
authors.forename: Ayse
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Erbay
authors.forename: Ercan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Oztürk
authors.forename: Seyhan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Inan
authors.forename: Canan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vergin
mesh_terms: D001782:Blood Donors; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000592:standards*; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D065227:Transfusion Reaction