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Blood Res 2019; 54(4):
Published online December 31, 2019
https://doi.org/10.5045/br.2019.54.4.269
© The Korean Society of Hematology
The increasing trend of blood donation in Iran
Correspondence to : Farzaneh Zolala, Ph.D.
Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman 7616913555, Iran
E-mail: zolalafarzaneh@gmail.com
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Background
This is the first study on the blood donation trend in Iran at a national level. We report different characteristics of blood donation such as demographic status, donor type, donation trend, and geographical distribution of blood donation in Iran between 2003 and 2017.
Methods
This study used data registered in the donor vigilance part of the Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization. Statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) and ArcMap GIS version 10.2 software. A
Results
Based on the study results, blood donation in Iran reached >2 million units in 2017; moreover, it is predicted that Iran will achieve >29 donations per 1,000 population in 2022. The proportion of regular and repeated donors increased from 77% in 2013 to 87% in 2017. The average blood donation rate in seven provinces was higher than the national average, and the average growth rate of their blood donation per population was positive.
Conclusion
The results of the current study showed that there is a recent increasing trend toward blood donation in Iran. Furthermore, the largest share of donations is related to regular donors. The increasing proportion of regular and repeated donors has led to the improvement in the quality and consequently health level of donated blood.
Keywords Blood donors, Blood groups, Trends, Iran
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Blood Res 2019; 54(4): 269-273
Published online December 31, 2019 https://doi.org/10.5045/br.2019.54.4.269
Copyright © The Korean Society of Hematology.
The increasing trend of blood donation in Iran
Moslem Taheri Soodejani1, Ali Akbar Haghdoost1, Abbas Sedaghat2, Mohammad Reza Baneshi3, Farzaneh Zolala1
1HIV/STI Surveillance Research Center, WHO Collaborating Center for HIV Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, 2Blood Transfusion Research Center, High Institute for Research and Education in Transfusion Medicine, Tehran, 3Modeling in Health Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
Correspondence to:Farzaneh Zolala, Ph.D.
Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman 7616913555, Iran
E-mail: zolalafarzaneh@gmail.com
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Background
This is the first study on the blood donation trend in Iran at a national level. We report different characteristics of blood donation such as demographic status, donor type, donation trend, and geographical distribution of blood donation in Iran between 2003 and 2017.
Methods
This study used data registered in the donor vigilance part of the Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization. Statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) and ArcMap GIS version 10.2 software. A
Results
Based on the study results, blood donation in Iran reached >2 million units in 2017; moreover, it is predicted that Iran will achieve >29 donations per 1,000 population in 2022. The proportion of regular and repeated donors increased from 77% in 2013 to 87% in 2017. The average blood donation rate in seven provinces was higher than the national average, and the average growth rate of their blood donation per population was positive.
Conclusion
The results of the current study showed that there is a recent increasing trend toward blood donation in Iran. Furthermore, the largest share of donations is related to regular donors. The increasing proportion of regular and repeated donors has led to the improvement in the quality and consequently health level of donated blood.
Keywords: Blood donors, Blood groups, Trends, Iran
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Trend in blood donation in Iran from 2003 to 2017.
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Status of donation in all provinces from 2011 to 2017.
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Characteristics of Iranian blood donors between 2013 and 2017.
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