Read thread👇 for key points from the #EvidencetoImpact 'Blood donor selection at the Belgian Red Cross: From evidence into policy' as we celebrate #WorldEBHCDay today!
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Patients in need of blood products are entitled to an adequate supply of safe blood. Belgian Red Cross uses a blood donor eligibility questionnaire, asking for the donor’s health and possible risk behaviour, in order to guarantee safety of both the donor and recipient.
Blood donor selection via the blood donor eligibility questionnaire remains an important part in the safety of blood supply globally.
Donor deferral criteria are historically developed based on the precautionary principle protecting safety and quality, and on supply and expense considerations.
The Centre for Evidence-Based Practice (CEBaP) decided to scientifically underpin the most common donor deferral criteria by conducting systematic reviews in order to search, analyse and critically appraise the best available evidence.
From 2009-2020 CEBaP completed 10 systematic reviews, which included 4 reviews related to donor safety. One of the reviews focused on #haemochromatosis, a hereditary disorder of iron metabolism.
CEBaP’s systematic review found no evidence that the blood of patients with haemochromatosis does not comply with the physiological quality requirements for transfusion, nor that their blood would present a greater risk to recipient safety than blood from donors without it.
The results were presented to the Belgian Senate & resulted in an amendment that was approved by the Belgian Senate and Parliament in January 2016.
In this amendment, the phlebotomies by patients with haemochromatosis can be used as regular blood donations in the case of normalisation of their ferritin status and in the absence of organ damage. This amendment was successfully implemented by BRC in May 2018.
This is one example taken from the #EvidencetoImpact story for #WorldEBHCDay. Read the full impact story to gain more insight into Belgian Red Cross' impact at worldebhcday.org/stories/story?…
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