Eager blood donor

Tal Marom; Amit Rais; David Itskoviz; Amos Eisdorfer; Ishay Ostfeld

doi:10.1097/PTS.0b013e3181a5d99e

Eager blood donor

Tal Marom, Amit Rais, David Itskoviz, Amos Eisdorfer, Ishay Ostfeld

Samson Assuta Ashdod University Hospital

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Abstract

Blood donor questionnaire is an integral component of blood safety, designed to identify and disqualify donors who do not fit certain criteria. One of the criteria is the time interval between 2 consecutive donations because repeated blood donors are exposed to adverse effects of frequent donations. We describe a 19-year-old healthy Israeli Defense Forces male soldier who has been detected by the Israeli National Blood Services only after his fifth voluntary blood donation within 12 weeks. The soldier was asymptomatic, yet blood examination revealed iron deficiency anemia with a low ferritin level. This case demonstrates the limitations of blood donation processing, which fortunately ended with no substantial morbidity. We discuss the possible obstacles in that process.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	67-68
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of Patient Safety
Volume	5
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/PTS.0b013e3181a5d99e
State	Published - 1 Jun 2009

Keywords

Blood donations
Blood processing
Donor screening

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Leadership and Management
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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