title: A European survey on donor deferral for allergy: Rationale and initial results of a survey in 35 countries.
abstract: Allergy accounts to near 0.5% of all reported transfusion adverse events. The responsibility of blood components themselves and - therefore - of blood donors is still questioned. The European Community undertook a large international survey to address the consistency and homogeneity of medical selection of blood donors with regard to the risk of allergy, and especially of transferring allergy to recipients. This short report presents the salient points of the survey, stressing that there is inconsistency in addressing the allergy question within countries or systems, with paths of improvement.
authors.affiliation: Institut national de la transfusion sanguine, 6, rue Alexandre-Cabanel, 7539 Paris, France; EA3064, faculty of medicine of Saint-Étienne, university of Lyon, 42023 Saint-Étienne cedex 02, France. Electronic address: ogarraud@ints.fr.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Garraud
authors.affiliation: EA3064, faculty of medicine of Saint-Étienne, university of Lyon, 42023 Saint-Étienne cedex 02, France; University hospital of Saint-Étienne, 42023 Saint-Étienne cedex, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.affiliation: EA3064, faculty of medicine of Saint-Étienne, university of Lyon, 42023 Saint-Étienne cedex 02, France; Department of clinical pathology and blood banking, Sacré-Coeur hospital, Lebanese university, Beirut, Lebanon.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haddad
authors.affiliation: Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bagge Hansen
authors.affiliation: European directorate for the quality of medicines, the Council of Europe, 75185 Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rautmann
authors.affiliation: NHS blood and transplant, Leeds, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: MacLennan
authors.affiliation: Akademiska sjukhuset, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Norda
mesh_terms: D018926:Anti-Allergic Agents / Q000097:blood; D001782:Blood Donors; D046148:Donor Selection / Q000592:standards*; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D065227:Transfusion Reaction / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D018926:Anti-Allergic Agents
keywords: Adverse event; Allergy; Blood donor; Hemovigilance