Bruising following blood donation, its management and the response and subsequent return rates of affected donors

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 113-116

  Ranasinghe, E ^a   Harrison, J F ^a  

^a NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Blood donors; Blood letting; Haematoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; ECCHYMOSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHLEBOTOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; ECCHYMOSIS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHLEBOTOMY; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 0034072408     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3148.2000.00240.x     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Boynton, M.H. & Taylor, E.S. (1945) Complications arising in a mass blood procurement project. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 209, 421-436.
2. Harrison, J.F. (1987) Nurses in the Transfusion Service. Lancet, 2(8568), 1136-1138.
3. Mollison, P.L., Engelfriet, C.P. & Contreras, M. (1997) Blood Transfusion in Clinical Medicine, 10th edn. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford.
4. National Blood Authority. (1994) Proposals for the National Blood Service (Consultation Document). NBA, Watford, Herts.
5. National Blood Authority. (1997) Annual Report. NBA, Watford, Herts.
6. Newman, B.H. (1997) Donor reactions and injuries from whole blood donors. Transfusion Medicine Reviews, 11, 64-75.