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Blood Donor Selection: Guidelines on Assessing Donor Suitability for Blood Donation. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2012.

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Acknowledgements

The WHO Blood Transfusion Safety team wishes to express its thanks to the following experts in the fields of transfusion medicine and science for their contribution to the development of these guidelines. The area of expertise of each contributor is given in italics.

WHO also acknowledges with thanks the technical collaboration and financial contribution of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for this project.

GUIDELINE DEVELOPMENT GROUP

  • Dr Dorothy Stainsby (Chair), Emeritus Consultant in Transfusion Medicine, NHS Blood and Transplant, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
    Transfusion medicine
  • Dr Virge James, Emeritus Consultant Haematologist, UK National Blood Service, Clinical Lecturer, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
    Haematology
  • Dr Noryati Abu Amin, Medical Officer, Blood Transfusion Safety, Health Systems Policies and Workforce, WHO-HQ, Geneva, Switzerland
    Transfusion medicine
  • Dr Zarin Bharucha, Consultant in Transfusion Medicine, Mumbai, India
    Transfusion medicine
  • Dr Robert Crookes, Lead Transfusion Medicine Consultant, South African National Blood Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Transfusion medicine
  • Ms Shereen Hasan, Health Researcher, Horgen, Switzerland
    Literature searches
  • Dr Neelam Dhingra (Co-chair), Coordinator, Blood Transfusion Safety, Health Systems Policies and Workforce, WHO-HQ, Geneva, Switzerland
    Transfusion medicine
  • Dr Alan Kitchen, Head, National Transfusion Microbiology Reference Laboratory, National Health Service Blood and Transplant, London, United Kingdom
    Transfusion microbiology
  • Ms Jan Fordham, formerly Technical Officer, Blood Transfusion Safety, Health Systems Policies and Workforce, WHO-HQ, Geneva, Switzerland
    Education and training in transfusion medicine
  • Dr Mindy Goldman, Executive Medical Director, Donor and Transplantation Services, Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, Canada
    Blood donor management
  • Dr Shirish Kumar, formerly Technical Officer, Blood Transfusion Safety, Health Systems Policies and Workforce, WHO-HQ, Geneva, Switzerland
    Haematology
  • Mr James Chitsva, Technical Officer, Blood Transfusion Safety, Health Systems Policies and Workforce, WHO-HQ, Geneva, Switzerland
    Blood transfusion and haematology

EXTERNAL REVIEW GROUP

  • Dr Rana Al-Abdulrazzak, Director, Medical and Donor Affairs, Kuwait Central Blood Bank, Kuwait
    Blood donor management
  • Dr Frank E Boulton, Emeritus Consultant, NHS Blood and Transplant, Southampton, United Kingdom, and President, British Blood Transfusion Society
    Transfusion medicine
  • Dr Lin Che Kit, Hospital Chief Executive, Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Hong Kong, P. R. China
    Blood transfusion service management
  • Dr Satoshi Ezoe, Advisor, Information for Improved Country Response Division, Evidence, Strategy and Results Department, UNAIDS, Geneva, Switzerland
    HIV monitoring and evaluation
  • Dr Haruhiko Hakuno, Deputy Director, Division of Blood and Blood Products, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan
    National blood programme management
  • Dr Faten M Moftah, Director General, National Blood Transfusion Service, Ministry of Health and Population, Egypt
    Blood transfusion service management
  • Dr Luc Noel, Coordinator, Clinical Procedures, Health Systems Policies and Workforce, WHO-HQ, Geneva, Switzerland
    Transplantation
  • Dr Christie M Reed, formerly Medical Officer, Bio-Medical Transmission Team, HIV Prevention Branch, Division of Global HIV/AIDS, CDC, Atlanta, United States of America, now CDC Resident Advisor, President's Malaria Initiative, Division of Parasitic Diseases & Malaria, Monrovia, Liberia
    Public health
  • Dr Susan Barnes, Clinical Director (Donors), NHS Blood and Transplant, Seacroft, United Kingdom
    Blood donor management
  • Professor Kamel Boukef, Consultant in Transfusion Medicine, Tunis, Tunisia
    Transfusion medicine
  • Professor Dr Ashley J Duits, Medical Director, Red Cross Blood Bank Foundation, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
    Blood transfusion service management
  • Dr Valentina Hafner, Programme Manager a.i., Health Care Quality, Division of Health Systems and Public Health, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Transfusion medicine
  • Mr Emmanuel Masvikeni, formerly Blood Procurement & Public Relations Manager, National Blood Service, Harare, Zimbabwe
    Blood donor management
  • Dr Koji Nabae, formerly Deputy Director, Division of Blood and Blood Products, now Deputy Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Tokyo, Japan
    Infectious diseases
  • Dr Soisaang Phikulsod, Director, National Blood Center, Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok, Thailand
    Blood transfusion service management
  • Mr Sini Subrayen, Public Relations Practitioner, South African National Blood Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Blood donor management
  • Dr Jean-Baptiste Tapko, Regional Adviser, Blood Safety, Laboratories & Health Technology, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Congo
    Transfusion medicine
  • Dr Elizabeth Vinelli, Medical Director, National Blood Programme, Honduras Red Cross, Comayagüela, D.C., Honduras
    Blood transfusion service management
  • Dr Diana Teo, Group Director, Blood Services Group, Health Sciences Authority, Singapore
    Blood transfusion service management
  • Professor Zhu Yong Ming, President, Shanghai (Red Cross) Blood Center, Shanghai, P.R. China
    Blood transfusion service management

EXTERNAL EVALUATION

Inter-regional workshop on blood donor selection and donor counselling for priority countries in the African and Eastern Mediterranean regions, 27–30 June 2011, Nairobi, Kenya

Participants

  • Dr Lucy Asamoah-Akuoko, Senior Medical Officer, National Blood Transfusion Service, Accra Area Blood Centre, Accra, Ghana
  • Mr Alemayehu Belete, Officer, Federal Ministry of Health, Medical Services Directorate, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • Mrs Judith Charle, Head, Blood Donation Department, National Blood Transfusion Service, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
  • Professor Raziq Fazle, Professor of Hematology and Focal Person Safe Blood Transfusion Project, Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar, Post-Graduate Medical Institute, Hayatabad, Peshawar, Pakistan
  • Dr Enayatullah Hashemi, General Manager, Diagnostics, Ministry of Public Health, Senama Pamir Central Blood Bank, Kabul, Afghanistan
  • Mr Musa Kabba, Regional Donor Recruitment Officer – East, National Safe Blood Transfusion Services Programme, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Kenema, Sierra Leone
  • Dr Samuel Baker, Programme Manager, National Safe Blood Transfusion Services Programme, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Freetown, Sierra Leone
  • Mrs Lwopu M Bruce, Program Manager, Ministry of Health & Social Welfare, National Blood Safety Program, Ministry of Health & Social Welfare, Monrovia, Liberia
  • Dr Girma Tesfaye Debella, Director, National Blood Bank Service, Ethiopian Red Cross Society, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • Dr Debasish Gupta, Project Director, Blood Safety, CHF International Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
  • Mrs Senet Awolker Ibrahim, Quality Manager, National Blood Transfusion Service, Medical Services Division, Asmara, Eritrea
  • Mr Mulbah J Kerkula, Field Coordinator, National Blood Safety Program, Ministry of Health & Social Welfare, Monrovia, Liberia
  • Ms Mercy Kokha, Chief Clinic Nurse, Malawi Blood Transfusion Service, Blantyre, Malawi
  • Mrs Helen Hatia Mahama, Head, Donor Care, National Blood Transfusion Service, Accra Area Blood Centre, Accra, Ghana
  • Dr Faten M. Moftah, Director-General, National Blood Transfusion Service, Ministry of Health and Population, Cairo, Egypt
  • Mr Stanley Mtemeri, Quality Assurance Manager, Laboratory, Swaziland National Blood Transfusion Service, Ministry of Health, Manzini, Swaziland
  • Ms Lerato Mamakhelelise Ncheke, Blood Donor Counsellor, Lesotho Blood Transfusion Service, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Maseru, Lesotho
  • Dr Titus Ngulungu, Director, Regional Blood Transfusion Centre, Ministry of Medical Services, Nakuru, Kenya
  • Ms Maleqhoa Grace Nyopa, Manager, Lesotho Blood Transfusion Service, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Maseru, Lesotho
  • Mrs Aminatta Sarr-Bojang, Programme Manager, National Blood Transfusion Service, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Banjul, The Gambia
  • Mrs Mamjarra Nyabally Sonko, Senior Blood Donor Recruiter, National Public Health Laboratories, National Blood Transfusion Service, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Banjul, The Gambia
  • Dr Yifde-Amlak Tesfamariam Baraki, Director, National Blood Transfusion Service, Medical Services Division, Asmara, Eritrea
  • Mr Mugisha William, National Blood Donor Programme Officer, Uganda Blood Transfusion Services, Nakasero, Kampala, Uganda
  • Dr Dorothy Kyeyune Byabazaire, National Programme Manager/Director, Uganda Blood Transfusion Services, Nakasero, Kampala, Uganda
  • Dr Bridon M'Baya, Medical Director, Malawi Blood Transfusion Service, Blantyre, Malawi
  • Dr Nehad Mohamed Mosad, Deputy, National Blood Transfusion Service, Ministry of Health and Population, Cairo, Egypt
  • Dr Maingi Sylvester Mulli, Medical Director, Regional Blood Transfusion Centre, Embu, Kenya
  • Dr Maxwell Solomuzi Ngcobo, Medical Officer, South African National Blood Service, Pinetown, Durban, South Africa
  • Dr Efesper Nkya, Programme Manager, Tanzania National Blood Transfusion Service, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
  • Ms Halima Saad, Head of Blood Donation Department, Ministry of Public Health, Senama Pamir Central Blood Bank, Kabul, Afghanistan
  • Mrs Cynthia Sims, Haemovigilance Professional Nurse Medical (Transfusion Transmitted Infection Donor Counselling), Western Province Blood Transfusion Service, Cape Town, South Africa
  • Professor Hosea Sukati, Technical Director, Swaziland National Blood Transfusion Service, Manzini, Swaziland
  • Professor Mahfooz-Ur-Rahman, Director, Institute of Blood Transfusion Services, Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

International facilitators

  • Dr Che Kit Lin, Chief Executive & Medical Director, Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
  • Dr Neo Moleli, Lead Consultant, Donor Services, South African National Blood Service, Roodepoort, South Africa

World Health Organization

  • Dr Neelam Dhingra, Coordinator, Blood Transfusion Safety, Health Systems Policies and Workforce, WHO-HQ, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Dr Jean-Baptiste Tapko, Regional Adviser, Blood Safety, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Congo
  • Dr Mohammed Zahran, National Programme Officer, Blood Transfusion Safety, World Health Organization, Khartoum, Sudan
  • Dr Nabila Metwalli, Regional Adviser, Blood Transfusion Safety, Laboratory Imaging & Clinical Technologies, WHO Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt
  • Dr Rex Gadama Mpazanje, Project Manager, WHO Country Office, Nairobi, Kenya

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  • Dr Christie M Reed, formerly Medical Officer, Bio-Medical Transmission Team, HIV Prevention Branch, Division of Global HIV/AIDS, CDC, Atlanta, now CDC Resident Advisor, President's Malaria Initiative, Division of Parasitic Diseases & Malaria, Monrovia, Liberia
  • Dr Jane Mwangi, Branch Chief, Division of Global HIV/AIDS Laboratory Branch, CDC, Nairobi, Kenya
  • Dr Daniel Kimani, Technical Advisor, Blood and Injection Safety, Division of Global HIV/AIDS Laboratory Branch, CDC, Nairobi, Kenya

Kenya National Blood Transfusion Service

  • Dr Margaret Oduor, Medical Director, National Blood Transfusion Service, Nairobi, Kenya
  • Mr Benard Kassam, In-charge, Donor Notification Program, National Blood Transfusion Service, Nairobi, Kenya
  • Mr Charles Rombo, Quality Manager, National Blood Transfusion Service, Nairobi, Keny
  • Mrs Seline Ooku, In-charge, Donor Clinics, National Blood Transfusion Service, Nairobi, Kenya

DECLARATION OF INTERESTS

Declaration of interest statements were collected from all members of the Guideline Development Group, External Review Group and participants in the inter-regional workshop on blood donor selection and donor counselling for priority countries in the African and Eastern Mediterranean regions, June 2011, Nairobi, Kenya. No conflict of interest was declared by any contributors to the guidelines.

ANNEXES

The WHO Blood Transfusion Safety programme acknowledges with thanks the Zimbabwe National Blood Service for providing the example of a blood donor questionnaire for Annex 2.

GUIDELINES REVIEW COMMITTEE

Thanks are due to the Guidelines Review Committee Secretariat for their guidance throughout the process of guideline development.

Copyright © 2012, World Health Organization.

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