| Title: |
Whole blood donor return rates after deferral for tattooing or body piercing : survey across blood donation services : the BEST collaborative study |
| Authors: |
Quee, Franke; O'Brien, Sheila F.; Prinsze, Femmeke; Steele, Whitney R.; Gregoire, Yves; Cutajar, Alexandra; Wendel, Silvano; Compernolle, Veerle; Goldman, Mindy; van den Hurk, Katja; BiomedicalExcellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) Collaborative, missing |
| Source: |
VOX SANGUINIS ; ISSN: 0042-9007 ; ISSN: 1423-0410 |
| Publication Year: |
2022 |
| Collection: |
Ghent University Academic Bibliography |
| Subject Terms: |
Medicine and Health Sciences; blood donors; donor deferral; donor return |
| Description: |
Background and Objectives To protect transfusion recipients from transfusion-transmissible infections, blood donors are deferred from donating after recent tattooing or piercing. To explore to what extent and how this deferral impacts donor availability, we performed an international study to investigate how many donors were deferred for a recent tattoo or piercing and how many of these donors returned to donate. Materials and Methods We surveyed blood centre members of the Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) Collaborative and the European Blood Alliance Donor Studies Working Group on their numbers of donations, tattoo and piercing deferrals, and return rates in the year 2017. Results Eight blood centres participated. Overall, deferral rates were lower for repeat donors compared to new donors. Repeat donors were more likely to return than new donors. Women and young donors were more often deferred than male and older donors. Men were more demotivated by tattoo or piercing deferral, resulting in lower return rates compared to women. Return rates differed greatly between blood centres. Conclusion Tattoo and piercing deferrals lead to missed donations and result in lower return rates. However, the numbers vary largely internationally, probably due to cultural and policy differences. Shortening deferral periods after tattooing or piercing may reduce the impact on donor availability, which should be investigated in single-centre studies. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/01GQMMHTJQW6B353GJYMMZQ4D2; https://doi.org/10.1111/vox.13328; https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/01GQMMHTJQW6B353GJYMMZQ4D2/file/01GR3XTR4KS4BVTWQQD8XE1Z0P |
| DOI: |
10.1111/vox.13328 |
| Availability: |
https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/01GQMMHTJQW6B353GJYMMZQ4D2; https://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01GQMMHTJQW6B353GJYMMZQ4D2; https://doi.org/10.1111/vox.13328; https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/01GQMMHTJQW6B353GJYMMZQ4D2/file/01GR3XTR4KS4BVTWQQD8XE1Z0P |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.AB7651AA |
| Database: |
BASE |