Iron status in voluntary blood donors

بررسی وضعیت ذخایر آهن در اهداکنندگان خون در شیراز با استفاده از فریتین سرم در سال 1384

Introduction: Iron deficiency anemia is an important limiting factor for the number of donations in regular donors. Limited data is available on the iron status in Iranian donors. This study was conduced to evaluate the prevalence of iron deficiency and its related factors in blood donors at Shiraz blood transfusion centre in 2005. Methods: This descriptive study was done on all blood donors ...

Evaluation of iron stores in blood donors by serum ferritin.

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Regular blood donation can lead to pre-clinical iron deficiency as well as iron deficiency anaemia. There is a need to increase the national voluntary blood donation for safe blood supply. However, there is paucity of data in the country regarding impact of regular voluntary blood donation on iron status of donors. Hence, iron stores were evaluated by serum ferritin esti...

Comparing frequency of injecting drug use among accepted HCV infected blood donors in different regions of Iran

Abstract Background and Objectives Considering the importance of donor selection process in blood safety, this study aimed at comparison of frequency of intravenous drug use (IDU) among accepted HCV positive blood donors in different regions of Iran.   Materials and Methods This cross sectional-analytical study was conducted on  serologically confirmed HCV positive blood donors who referred ...

The Evaluation of Platelet Count as an Indicator of Iron Status in Voluntary Plateletpheresis Donors

Iron Stores in Male Blood Donors in Tehran Regional BloodTransfusion Center

Background: Iron deficiency and its related anemia, which is the world’s most widespread nutritional deficiency, can be one of the possible consequences of regular blood donation. This research was carried out to compare iron stores in regular blood donors and first-time blood donors in Tehran Regional Blood Transfusion Center. Materials and Methods: This study was carried out on 2,149 male bl...