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The effect of whole-blood donor adverse events on blood donor return rates

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Newman, Bruce H., Newman, Daniel T., Ahmad, Raffat, Roth, Arthur J.·2006·Transfusion

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BACKGROUND: Some blood donation-related adverse events (AEs) can negatively impact the blood donor return rate (BDRR) and decrease donor retention. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: One-thousand randomly selected whole-blood donors were interviewed 3 weeks after a 525-mL index whole-blood donation for seven AEs. The number of return visits and duration of follow-up were recorded for each of the 1000 donors. A negative binomial regression analysis was used to determine the contribution of the four most common AEs to the BDRR, and interactions between these AEs were also evaluated. RESULTS: The four most common AEs were bruise alone (15.1%), sore arm "alone" (7.0%), fatigue "alone" (5.1%), and donor reaction "alone" (4.2%), where "alone" is defined to also include donors who had a bruise but no other AE. The estimated BDRR for donations without AEs was 1.32 visits per year. The estimated BDRRs for the four most common AEs were: bruise alone, 1.32 visits per year; sore arm alone, 1.30 visits per year (2% reduction in BDRR); fatigue alone, 1.06 visits per year (20% reduction in BDRR); and donor reaction alone, 0.87 visits per year (34% reduction in BDRR). The BDRR for donor reaction, fatigue, and sore arm together was 0.20 visits per year (85% reduction in BDRR). CONCLUSION: Donor reaction had the most negative impact on the BDRR. There appears to be a synergistic effect between donor reaction, fatigue, and sore arm. Theoretically, amelioration of some AEs has the potential to improve BDRRs.

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Authors
Newman, B. H., Newman, D. T., Ahmad, R., & Roth, A. J.
Affiliations
American Red Cross (US)
Corresponding author
Newman, Bruce H.
Venue
Transfusion
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2006-07-28
Volume
46
Issue
8
Pages
1374-1379
ISSN
  • 0041-1132 (ISSN-L)
  • 1537-2995
OpenAlex
W2103869157
Cited by
190
References
17
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FWCI
16.78
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Transfusion (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Deep Blue (University of Michigan) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › Blood donation and transfusion practices
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Biochemistry › Blood transfusion and management
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
Keywords
donor retention, whole blood donation, donor reactions, bruising, blood donation safety
MeSH terms
Blood Donors, Blood Transfusion, Contusions, Fatigue, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Pain, Time Factors

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