Confidential unit exclusion at the Regional Blood bank in Montes Claros: Fundação Hemominas

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed at analyzing the rate of self-exclusion at the Regional Blood Bank in Montes Claros. METHODS: Data of self-excluding donors from August 2008 to August 2010 were analyzed. The following variables were considered age, marital status, gender, ethnical background, blood group, Rh factor, number of donations, type of donation and serologic results. RESULTS: During the analyzed period, 34,778 individuals donated blood, 215 (0.62 percent) of which were self-excluded; 12 percent of donors did not answer, 6.3 percent ballots were spoilt and 13.6 percent of the responses were considered non-compliant. The profile of the donors was male (81.9 percent), single (50.7 percent), aged between 19 and 29 years old (52.1 percent), Mulatto (48.3 percent), blood group O (32.1 percent) and positive Rh (32.1 percent). Most individuals were donating for the 2nd to 5th time (43.7 percent) and had negative serology (94.4 percent). CONCLUSIONS: It was not evident that self-excluding donors had higher rates of seropositivity.