Blood Donor Selection: Guidelines on Assessing Donor Suitability for Blood Donation

Review
Geneva: World Health Organization; 2012.
WHO Guidelines Approved by the Guidelines Review Committee.

Excerpt

The WHO guidelines on assessing donor suitability for blood donation have been developed to assist blood transfusion services in countries that are establishing or strengthening national systems for the selection of blood donors. They are designed for use by policy makers in national blood programmes in ministries of health, national advisory bodies such as national blood commissions or councils, and blood transfusion services.

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  • Review
  • Practice Guideline

Grants and funding

Development of this publication was supported by Cooperative Agreement Number PS024044 from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of CDC.