A European survey on donor deferral for allergy: Rationale and initial results of a survey in 35 countries

TY - JOUR

T1 - A European survey on donor deferral for allergy

T2 - Rationale and initial results of a survey in 35 countries

AU - Garraud, O

AU - Martin, C

AU - Haddad, A

AU - Bagge Hansen, M

AU - Rautmann, G

AU - MacLennan, S

AU - Norda, R

N1 - Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

PY - 2017/2/1

Y1 - 2017/2/1

N2 - Allergy accounts to near 0.5% of all reported transfusion adverse events. The responsibility of blood components themselves and - therefore - of blood donors is still questioned. The European Community undertook a large international survey to address the consistency and homogeneity of medical selection of blood donors with regard to the risk of allergy, and especially of transferring allergy to recipients. This short report presents the salient points of the survey, stressing that there is inconsistency in addressing the allergy question within countries or systems, with paths of improvement.

AB - Allergy accounts to near 0.5% of all reported transfusion adverse events. The responsibility of blood components themselves and - therefore - of blood donors is still questioned. The European Community undertook a large international survey to address the consistency and homogeneity of medical selection of blood donors with regard to the risk of allergy, and especially of transferring allergy to recipients. This short report presents the salient points of the survey, stressing that there is inconsistency in addressing the allergy question within countries or systems, with paths of improvement.

KW - Anti-Allergic Agents/blood

KW - Blood Donors

KW - Donor Selection/standards

KW - Drug Hypersensitivity/blood

KW - Europe/epidemiology

KW - Health Care Surveys

KW - Health Policy

KW - Humans

KW - Hypersensitivity/blood

KW - Surveys and Questionnaires

KW - Transfusion Reaction/prevention & control

U2 - 10.1016/j.tracli.2016.12.001

DO - 10.1016/j.tracli.2016.12.001

M3 - Letter

C2 - 28139398

SN - 1246-7820

VL - 24

SP - 34

EP - 35

JO - Transfusion Clinique et Biologique

JF - Transfusion Clinique et Biologique

IS - 1

ER -