Specific time intervals are required between blood donations
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Specific time intervals are required between blood donations to allow donors to replenish their iron stores and prevent donation-induced iron deficiency.
Evidence for · 3
Iron Deficiency and Blood Donation: Links, Risks and Management.
2022 · cited by 27
The review notes that prolonging interdonation intervals is a key method for preventing iron deficiency in blood donors.
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Iron status of blood donors.
2022 · cited by 13
The study discusses how computational models are used to predict individual interdonation intervals to safeguard donor health and optimize collections.
Changes in minimum hemoglobin and interdonation interval: impact on donor hemoglobin and donation frequency
2019 · cited by 12
The study demonstrates that altering interdonation intervals successfully decreases hemoglobin deferral rates and helps manage iron status.