Gift or Good?: A Contemporary Examination of the Voluntary and Commercial Aspects of Blood Donation

Beal, R. W.; Aken, W.G. van

doi:10.1111/j.1423-0410.1992.tb01210.x

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“…Other problems may develop from untrained health personnel who may not follow known standards of medical practice for prescribing blood or blood products. The lack of altruistic repeat blood donors, who have been shown to be healthier than re-placement donors and more appropriate than paid donors as source of safe blood, is also a contributing factor (6,17,18,33).…”

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Safety of the Blood Supply in Latin America

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Appropriate selection of donors, use of sensitive screening tests, and the application of a mandatory quality assurance system are essential to maintain the safety of the blood supply. Laws, decrees, norms, and/or regulations covering most of these aspects of blood transfusion exist in 16 of the 17 countries in Latin America that are the subject of this review. In 17 countries, there is an information system that, although still incomplete (there are no official reports on adverse events and incidents), allows us to establish progress made on the status of the blood supply since 1993. Most advances originated in increased screening coverage for infectious diseases and better quality assurance. However, in 2001 to 2002, tainted blood may have caused infections in 12 of the 17 countries; no country reached the number of donors considered adequate, i.e., 5% of the population, to avoid blood shortages, or decreased significantly the number of blood banks, although larger blood banks are more efficient and take advantage of economies of scale. In those years, paid donors still existed in four countries and replacement donors made up >75% of the blood donors in another eight countries. In addition, countries did not report the number of voluntary donors who were repeat donors, i.e., the healthiest category. In spite of progress made, more improvements are needed

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Safety of the Blood Supply in Latin America

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“…Donating blood voluntarily and without pay is a reflection of socio-ethical values (19). A secondary rationale is that volunteer, unpaid blood donors may be less susceptible to blood-transmissible infections than paid donors (20), although such differences are not always evident (21). International organisations advise member states to remain self-sufficient in blood and plasma products with the help of volunteer, unpaid donors (17), also to prevent the commercialisation of human tissue (22).…”

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Transfusjonsmedisin ved et hundreårsmerke

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“…Even among accepted, first-time donors, prevalence rates for anti-HIV, anti-HCV and hepatitis B markers are a fraction of the na tional population rates. Clearly, however, ac tive selection, dependent upon a donor's selfperceived risk, cannot be expected to be completely successful when 40% or more of infections are not accompanied by known risk factors, as appears to be the case for hepatitis C, for example [5], With the exception of therapeutic doses of random donor platelets, there are no small-pool products currently available in the United States. Single-donor products, such as apheresis platelets, do have some safety advantages based upon reduced donor exposure.…”

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