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Is third party information true? Should blood donors be excluded because of it?

Paley OJ

The Welsh Blood Service, Talbot Green, Pontyclun, UK. jane.paley@wbs.wales.nhs.uk

The Welsh Blood Service contacted and attempted to interview 40 donors about whom information from a third party had been received. This information would have excluded the donor from donation if it had been forthcoming from the donor. 57.5% of donors denied the information, but 25% of them accepted that the information was true and were removed from the register. 17.5% of donors did not respond and they were also removed from the register. Interviewing donors, about whom third party information has been received, enables those who have not divulged a risk factor or who do not wish to discuss a risk factor, to be removed from the donor panel. This increases the safety of the blood supply.

Published 16 February 2005 in Transfus Med, 15(1): 33-6.
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