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VOX SANGUINIS
Volume 101, Issue 4, Pages 303-312Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2011.01494.x
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adverse reactions; blood donors; donation time course; donor vigilance; vasovagal snycope
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Background Whole blood (WB) donation encompasses several periods during which some donors faint Identification of factors associated with fainting during each period should guide intervention strategies. Reducing faint reactions may reduce donor Injuries and disability. Methods Blood donation was divided Into three periods: Period 1 - registration; Period 2- phlebotomy; and Period 3 - post-phlebotomy. Period 3 consists of two sub-periods (3A - on-site and 3B - off-site). For each Period, stratified rates of fainting in relation to various donor and donation characteristics were calculated and multivariable logistic regression analyses to ldentify factors associated with fainting were conducted. Donor injuries in cach period were also analysed. Results Of the 956 766 donors registered in 2007. 554 534 (58 %) donated WB. There were 43 fainting episodes and two injuries in Period 1 and 1520 faints and 73 Injuries in Periods 2 and 3. RegressIon analyses showed that youth and donor first-time status are associated with fainting in all periods; but most significantly in Period 1. Small estimated blood volume is notably not a factor in Period 1 but is significant in Periods 2 and 3. The highest injury rate is seen in Period 3A (0.07 and 0.09/1000 donations) for male and frmale donors, respectively. Conclusions Variability in factors associated with fainting across defined periods of the donation process suggest differing underlying merhsntmnt and the possibility that interventions for the reactions most associated with injwy during each time period can be designed. The highest rate of Injury per donation occurred In ambulating donors.
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