A Tertiary Care Center-based Research to Determine Blood Donor Deferral Causes

Tejo Chandra Vanteddu

Blood safety is a major concern in transfusion medicine around the world. In addition to screening blood bags for infectious diseases, donor selection is needed for this. Deferrals result in the loss of valuable blood and components that could be used in a transfusion. We should be aware of the causes of deferral and the extent at which they occur in order to avoid this.