PMID- 12702180
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20030515
LR  - 20221207
IS  - 0041-1132 (Print)
IS  - 0041-1132 (Linking)
VI  - 43
IP  - 5
DP  - 2003 May
TI  - Adverse effects in blood donors after whole-blood donation: a study of 1000 blood 
      donors interviewed 3 weeks after whole-blood donation.
PG  - 598-603
AB  - BACKGROUND: There are no reports in the transfusion medicine literature that 
      describe adverse reactions and donor arm injuries after whole-blood donation 
      based on solicited information. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: The present study 
      solicited adverse reaction and donor arm injury information from 1000 randomly 
      selected whole-blood donors approximately 3 weeks after the whole-blood donation. 
      Two 16-gauge phlebotomy needles in use were also compared. RESULTS: Thirty-six 
      percent of the donors had one or more adverse effects (AEs). The most common 
      systemic AEs were fatigue (7.8%), vasovagal symptoms (5.3%), and nausea and 
      vomiting (1.1%). The most common arm findings were bruise (22.7%), arm soreness 
      (10.0%), and hematoma (1.7%). Men were half as likely as women to have an AE (23% 
      AE vs. 48% AE, p < 0.0001). Repeat blood donors had fewer AEs than first-time 
      blood donors (36% AE vs. 47% AE, p < 0.007), and African-American donors had 
      numbers of AEs similar to those of Caucasian donors (31% AE vs. 38% AE, p = 
      0.30). The two phlebotomy needles did not differ in causing blood donor AEs. 
      CONCLUSION: AEs after donation and complaints may be more common than previously 
      thought. The postdonation interview is a good tool for defining the blood donor's 
      experience. It can also be used to evaluate and potentially improve blood donor 
      safety and comfort.
FAU - Newman, Bruce H
AU  - Newman BH
AD  - American Red Cross Blood Services, SE Michigan Region, 100 Mack, Detroit, MI 
      48201, USA. newmanb@usa.redcross.org
FAU - Pichette, Shawn
AU  - Pichette S
FAU - Pichette, Dena
AU  - Pichette D
FAU - Dzaka, Ema
AU  - Dzaka E
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Transfusion
JT  - Transfusion
JID - 0417360
SB  - IM
CIN - Transfusion. 2004 Jan;44(1):135-6; author reply 136. PMID: 14692981
MH  - Adult
MH  - Black or African American
MH  - Arm
MH  - Arm Injuries/etiology
MH  - Black People
MH  - *Blood Donors
MH  - Contusions/etiology
MH  - Fatigue/etiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Gastrointestinal Diseases/etiology
MH  - Hematoma/etiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Interviews as Topic
MH  - Male
MH  - Needles/adverse effects
MH  - Pain/etiology
MH  - White People
EDAT- 2003/04/19 05:00
MHDA- 2003/05/16 05:00
CRDT- 2003/04/19 05:00
PHST- 2003/04/19 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2003/05/16 05:00 [medline]
PHST- 2003/04/19 05:00 [entrez]
AID - 368 [pii]
AID - 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2003.00368.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Transfusion. 2003 May;43(5):598-603. doi: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2003.00368.x.