Blood donor deferral patterns in Iran: six-year national analysis (2016–2021)
Leila Kasraian, Erfan Sadeghi, Zahra Khakrah, Mahtab Farahangiz, Nima Naderi · 2026
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Leila Kasraian and colleagues analyse six years of blood donor deferrals in Iran, from 2016 to 2021, in a 2026 study of the national donation database. Deferral means turning a willing donor away, for a short time or for good, and it shapes both blood supply and whether donors ever return. The records covered nearly thirteen million donation attempts across the country.
Of those attempts, 16.67 percent ended in deferral, split into 14.37 percent temporary and 2.30 percent permanent. First-time donors were turned away far more often, at 32.19 percent, against 8.98 percent for regular donors. Rates also varied by province and were high among women donors. Blood services can use such patterns to coach new donors better and to keep experienced ones from drifting away after a single refusal.
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| CREATOR | Leila Kasraian, Erfan Sadeghi, Zahra Khakrah, Mahtab Farahangiz, Nima Naderi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31156 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |