Title
Analysis of blood donor deferral pattern in Uttar Pradesh, India
Authors
Arvind Kumar Singh, Jyoti Kala Bharati, Aaditya Shivhare, Yatendra Mohan* & Nouratan Singh
Affiliation
Department of Transfusion Medicine, Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Saifai, Etawah, Uttar Pradesh-206130, India; *Corresponding author
Arvind Kumar Singh - E-mail: arvindsinghjuly001@gmail.com; arvind.singh@upums.ac.in
Aaditya Shivhare - E-mail: aaditya.shiv@upums.ac.in
Yatendra Mohan - E-mail: yaten.mohan@upums.ac.in; kumaryatendra1@gmail.com
Jyoti Kala Bharati - E-mail: jyotikalabharati@gmail.com; Jyoti.kala@upums.ac.in
Nouratan Singh - E-mail: nouratansingh@gmail.com
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received July 1, 2025; Revised July 31, 2025; Accepted July 31, 2025, Published July 31, 2025
Abstract
Blood donor deferral is essential for safety. However, it impacts donor recruitment. Therefore, it is of interest to analyze deferral patterns at a rural tertiary care hospital in North India (March 2018–March 2023) among 45,067 registered donors. 8,159 were deferred 76.4% were temporary (low hemoglobin, recent medications) and 23.6% were permanent (hypertension, diabetes). Notably, 25% of male deferrals were due to recent alcohol intake. Hence, targeted strategies addressing these causes could improve donor retention and blood supply stability.
Keywords
Blood donation, whole blood donor, donor deferral, haemoglobin, hypertension, temporary deferral.
Citation
Singh et al. Bioinformation 21(7): 1942-1946 (2025)
Edited by
P Kangueane
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
