Who donates blood at five ethnically and geographically diverse blood centers in China in 2008

Wang, Jingxing; Guo, Nan; Gao, Xiaoming; Li, Julin; Wen, Guo; Yang, Tonghan; Yun, Zhongqiao; Huang, Yi; Schreiber, George B.; Kavounis, Katherine; Ness, Paul M.; Shan, Hua

doi:10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02722.x

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“…Different studies have reported 57-60% of whole blood donors and 69-75% of platelet apheresis donors were males [3,7,33,34,37]. However, a study found an approximately equal number of male and female at donation registration.…”

Section: Donor Selectionmentioning

confidence: 89%

“…According to the REDS-II study, 97.9% of whole blood donors donated at vehicles or satellite collection sites [7]. Another study found that 53.4% of donors donated on vehicles [3].…”

Section: Donation Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There has been an increase in large-volume donations. The REDS-II study found that approximately 76% of whole blood donors donated higher-volume units [7]. The survey among 4 blood centers found that 56% of the donations were 400 ml donations.…”

Section: Donation Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although a step in the right direction, this practice raised concerns that employer-organized donors may not be the safest source of blood due to the wide use of employer's incentives and coercion in some cases [6]. The third phase started in 2004, when the then MOH mandated employer-organized donations to be phased out within 3-5 years [7]. Since then, China's blood donation system has transitioned to voluntary, non-remunerated donation.…”

Section: Donor Recruitmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A study in the ﬁve Chinese blood centers participating in the Retroviral Epidemiological Donor Study II International - China (REDS-II China) found that among the 226,489 whole blood donors, the majority (94%) of them were younger than 45 years, and half (52%) were younger than 25 years [7]. The result is comparable to a study in four large blood centers which found that approximately half (49%) of the donors were 25 years or younger, and only 8% were older than 45 years [3].…”

Section: Donor Selectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Blood Donor Management in China

Shi

Wang

Liu

et al. 2014

Transfus Med Hemother

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Despite a steady increase in total blood collections and voluntary non-remunerated blood donors, China continues to have many challenges with its blood donation system. The country's donation rate remains low at 9‰, with over 60% of donors being first-time donors. Generally there is a lack of adequate public awareness about blood donation. The conservative donor selection criteria, the relatively long donation interval, and the small donation volume have further limited blood supply. To ensure a sufficient and safe blood supply that meets the increasing clinical need for blood products, there is an urgent need to strengthen the country's blood donor management. This comprehensive effort should include educating and motivating more individuals especially from the rural areas to be involved in blood donation, developing rational and evidence-based selection criteria for donor eligibility, designing a donor follow-up mechanism to encourage more future donations, assessing the current donor testing strategy, improving donor service and care, building regional and national shared donor deferral database, and enhancing the transparency of the blood donation system to gain more trust from the general public. The purpose of the review is to provide an overview of the key process of and challenges with the blood donor management system in China.

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Section: Donor Selectionmentioning

confidence: 89%

“…According to the REDS-II study, 97.9% of whole blood donors donated at vehicles or satellite collection sites [7]. Another study found that 53.4% of donors donated on vehicles [3].…”

Section: Donation Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Donation Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Donor Recruitmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Donor Selectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Liu

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The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Studies (Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study and Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II): Twenty Years of Research to Advance Blood Product Safety and Availability

Kleinman

King

Busch

et al. 2012

Transfusion Medicine Reviews

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The Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study (REDS), conducted from 1989–2001, and the Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II), conducted from 2004–2012, were National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) funded multicenter programs focused on improving blood safety and availability in the United States. REDS-II also included international study sites in Brazil and China. The three major research domains of REDS/REDS-II have been infectious disease risk evaluation, blood donation availability, and blood donor characterization. Both programs have made significant contributions to transfusion medicine research methodology by the use of mathematical modeling, large-scale donor surveys, innovative methods of repository sample storage, and establishing an infrastructure that responded to potential emerging blood safety threats such as XMRV. Blood safety studies have included protocols evaluating epidemiologic and/or laboratory aspects of HIV, HTLV I/II, HCV, HBV, WNV, CMV, HHV-8, B19V, malaria, CJD, influenza, and T. cruzi infections. Other analyses have characterized: blood donor demographics, motivations to donate, factors influencing donor return, behavioral risk factors, donors’ perception of the blood donation screening process, and aspects of donor deferral. In REDS-II, two large-scale blood donor protocols examined iron deficiency in donors and the prevalence of leukocyte antibodies. This review describes the major study results from over 150 peer-reviewed articles published by these two REDS programs. In 2011, a new seven year program, the Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-III (REDS-III), was launched. REDS-III expands beyond donor-based research to include studies of blood transfusion recipients in the hospital setting, and adds a third country, South Africa, to the international program.

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Segmenting blood donors in developing countries

Zhou

Poon²,

2012

Marketing Intelligence &Amp; Planning

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that there are three major blood donor segments in China, namely benefit-oriented donors, altruistic donors and health salience donors, with the use of factor-cluster segmentation approach. It also investigates the blood donation attitudes, group characteristics, and preference for information acquisition of the identified donor segments. Design/methodology/approach – A factor-cluster segmentation approach was used in this study. A questionnaire survey on Chinese respondents who had just completed a blood donation process was conducted in China and 7-point Likert-type questions were used to measure the respondents’ attitude toward blood donation, their motivation to donate blood, lifestyles, demographics and information acquisition. K-means non-hierarchical clustering method was used to segment groups of blood donors. ANOVAs were conducted to assess the differences regarding the blood donation factors across the cluster segments. Findings – Results demonstrate that there are three blood donor segments as predicted. Benefit-oriented donors are found to be the largest cluster (42.6 per cent), followed by altruistic donors (29.6 per cent) and health salience donors (27.8 per cent). The three clusters of donors show some extent of differences in attitudes toward blood donation, lifestyles and preference for information acquisition. Social implications – Through a better understanding of the donor segments, a more effective marketing communication strategy can be formulated. This can promote more blood donation by the first-time and repeat blood donors and may save many more lives in a society. Originality/value – The major advertising appeal for blood donation is altruistic in nature, particularly in Western countries. However, in other emerging countries such as China, some other appeals may be even more effective. Benefit appeal or health fitness appeal may be a better option in marketing communication strategy

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Who donates blood at five ethnically and geographically diverse blood centers in China in 2008

Abstract: In China compared to the United States, donations are made by younger donors and donors give infrequently and make smaller WB donations. To help ensure supply adequacy, continued efforts are needed to have donors give larger volumes of WB in China.

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Blood Donor Management in China

Blood Donor Management in China

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Studies (Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study and Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II): Twenty Years of Research to Advance Blood Product Safety and Availability

Segmenting blood donors in developing countries

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