Pattern of Blood Donor Deferral in a Tertiary Hospital of Western U.P.: A Five-Year Study Review

The main goal of blood transfusion services (BTS) is provision of safe and adequate supply of blood and blood products. For this, blood for transfusion must be obtained from voluntary non-remunerated blood donors (VNRD). 1 Blood transfusion services thus have responsibility of collecting blood only from VNRD who are at low risk for transfusion-transmissible infections (TTIs) and who are unlikely to have other diseases to donate blood 1 and at the same time ensure that suitable donors are not unnecessarily deferred. 2 The donor selection process requires continuous monitoring to ensure that it achieves its objectives of ensuring donor and recipient safety and providing a sufficient supply of blood and blood components.