Evaluation of effectiveness of temporary blood donor on donors return in Iranian Blood Donors in 2012 -2014

  The blood transfusion organization of Iran, based on international requirements, for the protection of blood donors and recipients, has established some criteria for the selection of donors. This manner inevitably rejects a number of donors from blood donations. This process leads to the promotion of blood safety, but at the same time it loses some donors and reduces the likelihood of a donor's return. This study intends to determine the rate of return of blood donors who have temporarily rejected from blood donation and to compare it with the rate of return of donors without any previous blood donation.

This study is a cross-sectional descriptive and data collection is performed based on the entire blood donation data registered in the donor information program of the IBTO. The data were analyzed by Excel & c2 test.

A temporary rejection for blood donation in donors during the period from 2012 to the end of 2014 has reduced their return compared with those who did not have any rejection from 61.9% to 43.6%. For those who have been rejected from blood donations due to high-risk behaviors (421428 donated), the return rate was slightly down to 27.4% (115550 donors).

The result of this study showed that the rate of return of rejected donors was 1.5 times less than the return rate of accepted donors, and this difference was much lower for donors who were rejected due to high-risk behaviors: 1.8 times less.