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Matching blood donations to type‐specific product needs: A recruitment technique
Author(s) -
Kuriyan M.,
Wells S.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of clinical apheresis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.697
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1098-1101
pISSN - 0733-2459
DOI - 10.1002/jca.2920100106
Subject(s) - apheresis , medicine , blood donor , whole blood , donation , blood product , blood donations , blood type (non human) , blood typing , immunology , intensive care medicine , surgery , platelet , economics , economic growth
The conversion of multiple whole blood donors to apheresis donors is a challenge since a rapidly expanding apheresis donor base could erode homologous collections. We addressed this concern with a plan to enhance apheresis recruitment as well as donations among homologous donors with types O and B blood. Focusing the donor's attention on blood type as it relates to type‐specific product needs was the basis of our approach. A matrix was used to recruit the desired types for the desired procedures (whole blood, platelet/plasma apheresis). The matrix instructed donors of blood types O, A‐, and B‐ to primarily give whole blood and to give apheresis as a secondary donation. Donors AB, A+, and B+ were primarily directed to apheresis donations, whole blood donation being secondary. A+ and O‐ donors only gave their secondary donation if they were at maximum donations with the primary donation. The collections by blood type in percentages for 12 months of 1992/93 for whole blood were O+ 38.9, 0‐ 7.3, A+ 29.5, A‐ 5.7, B+ 11.9, B‐ 2.1, AB+ 3.7, AB+ 0.7. For apheresis it was 0+ 36.2, 0‐ 6.7, A+ 33.0, A‐ 6.6, B+ 10.4, B‐ 1.2, AB+ 4.9, AB+ 1.0. In 1992/93, A+ and B+ apheresis collections as compared to total apheresis collections increased by 4.9% and 13.7%, respectively. For O group apheresis donations, a decrease of 2.5% was shown and A+ whole blood donations decreased by 5.35%. During the same period of time, total apheresis collections increased by 3,058 units. We demonstrated that integration of apheresis recruitment with type‐specific whole blood recruitment yielded significant increases of type‐specific products.