01821nas a2200181   4500008003900000245011800039210006900157260000800226300000700234490000600241520126000247653002201507653002001529653001701549100001401566700001401580856004501594       2007                          d00aAdverse reactions during voluntary donation of blood and/or blood components. A statistical-epidemiological study0 aAdverse reactions during voluntary donation of blood andor blood  cJul  a430 v53 aBackground: Voluntary donors normally tolerate blood donation very well, but, occasionally, adverse reactions of variable severity may occur during or at the end of the collection. Aim of this study was to estimate and possibly avoid the cause of unwanted reactions.

Materials and methods: The study was conducted over a period of 6 months, from 24(th) October, 2005 to 24(th) April 2006. The donor population analysed consisted of 4,906 donors (3,716 male and 1,190 female). In total, 3,983 (81%) voluntaries have donated whole blood, 851 (17%) plasma from apheresis, 64 (1.3%) experienced multicomponent donation, and 8 (0.1%) were donors of plasma-platelet apheresis.

Results: Only 63 donors (1.2% of all the volunteers) suffered some kind of adverse reaction: 59 (1.08% of the subjects) had mild reactions (agitation, sweating, pallor, cold feeling, sense of weakness, nausea), and only 4 (3 males and 1 female, 0.2%) had more severe disorders, including vomiting, loss of consciousness, and convulsive syncope.

Conclusions: Although the number of donors who developed disturbances during or at the end of blood donations was very low, it is nevertheless desirable to reduce risks to a minimum. A set of advices is provided for preventing problems.10aadverse reactions10ablood donations10aBlood Donors1 aCrocco, A1 aD'Elia, D  uhttps://notifylibrary.org/reference/5011