Abstract Background Blood, its components and derivatives are essential for the functioning of hematological and transfusion care in modern health systems. Objective To identify some of the difficulti
Background: Roughly one quarter of short-term temporary deferrals (STTD) of blood donors are low-hemoglobin deferrals (LHD), i.e. STTD due to a hemoglobin (Hb) value falling below a cutoff of 125 g/L
In over 100 years of blood donation practice, INTERVAL is the first randomised controlled trial to assess the impact of varying the frequency of blood donation on donor health and the blood supply. It
