PMID- 23441052
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130227
LR  - 20220330
IS  - 0974-2727 (Print)
IS  - 0974-7826 (Electronic)
IS  - 0974-2727 (Linking)
VI  - 4
IP  - 2
DP  - 2012 Jul
TI  - Blood donation in Nigeria: standard of the donated blood.
PG  - 94-7
LID - 10.4103/0974-2727.105589 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: The objective was to determine the basic hematological parameters of 
      remunerated blood donors in Benin City and to compare them with those of 
      voluntary donors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a prospective study conducted in 
      a tertiary health facility in Benin City. Pretransfusion samples were obtained 
      from blood bags after gentle mixing and analyzed for hematological parameters. 
      Samples were analyzed using the hematology autoanalyzer MODEL SYSMEX KN21. 
      RESULT: A total of 215 samples were obtained comprising 160 remunerated (paid) 
      and 55 voluntary donor samples. In the paid donors, the mean hemoglobin 
      concentration (Hb) and hematocrit (HCT) 7.7+/-2.9 and 28.8+/-8.5 respectively. This 
      was significantly lower than those of voluntary donors who had 13.9+/-1.2 and 
      42.2+/-3.3 with P < 0.001. The mean values of the red cell counts (RBC), white cell 
      counts (WBC), mean cell volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), and mean 
      corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) were significantly lower in paid 
      donors as P-values were < 0.001. MCV was significantly low but not compared to 
      the other parameters as P=0.04. There was no significant difference in the 
      platelet count. CONCLUSION: Paid donors in Benin City have significantly lower 
      hematological parameters than controls.
FAU - Benedict, Nwogoh
AU  - Benedict N
AD  - Department of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, University of Benin Teaching 
      Hospital, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria.
FAU - Augustina, Awodu Omolade
AU  - Augustina AO
FAU - Nosakhare, Bazuaye Godwin
AU  - Nosakhare BG
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Germany
TA  - J Lab Physicians
JT  - Journal of laboratory physicians
JID - 101551511
PMC - PMC3574505
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Benin
OT  - hematological parameters
OT  - remunerated donors
OT  - voluntary donors
COIS- Conflict of Interest: None declared.
EDAT- 2013/02/27 06:00
MHDA- 2013/02/27 06:01
PMCR- 2012/07/01
CRDT- 2013/02/27 06:00
PHST- 2013/02/27 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/02/27 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/02/27 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2012/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - JLP-4-94 [pii]
AID - 10.4103/0974-2727.105589 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Lab Physicians. 2012 Jul;4(2):94-7. doi: 10.4103/0974-2727.105589.