“A study of some stages on first time blood donors at the Regional Blood Bank of Ribeirão Preto, State of São Paulo, Brazil.” / "Estudo de algumas etapas do processo de seleção dos primo doadores de sangue do centro regional de hemoterapia de Ribeirão Preto, SP"

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2004

RESUMO

Three hundred fifty-one first time blood donors at the Centro Regional de Hemoterapia in Ribeirão Preto (CRHRP) were studied from March to May 2004, in an attempt to investigate the following items: adequacy of the time spent in the clinical selection; agreement concerning the self-exclusion process and its implications; understanding information contained in informative material, particularly in relation to the immunologic window; understanding consent form and its implications; and understanding risk behaviors for AIDS and hepatitis B and C. The participants were interviewed just after donation; the information was pooled through a questionnaire and a data search at the Data Processing Center at CRHRP. The interviews were performed every weekday during working time, from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. During the days when the number of first time blood donors exceeded allocated time for questionnaire completion, the participants were chosen through a raffle. The variables, educational level, number of donors a day, average time used for clinical selection and selector were determinants to quantify and qualify donors understanding of the selection process. 11,4% of the donors were found not to have received informative material and among the ones who had, 21,2% had not read it. The average time spent in clinical selection was less or equal to 3 minutes in about 42,7% of the cases, with variability of 1,2 to 18,2 minutes. A clear understanding of the consent form and the immunologic window was found in 54,4% and 35,3% of the donors respectively A clear understanding contrast about risky behavior for AIDS and for types B and C hepatitis, 81,5% and 8,6% respectively, stood out. The results show a clear need for improvement of the clinical selection process as well as new studies that would contribute improving understanding concerning the determinants of the flaws detected.

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doação de sangue clinical selection triagem clínica blood donation

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