• DOI:10.1046/j.1365-3148.2000.00240.x
Corpus ID: 46557010

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

@article{Ranasinghe2000BruisingFB,
  title={Bruising following blood donation, its management and the response and subsequent return rates of affected donors},
  author={Ranasinghe and Harrison},
  journal={Transfusion Medicine},
  year={2000},
  volume={10}
}

Ranasinghe, Harrison

Published 2000

Medicine

Transfusion Medicine

A study was undertaken to determine the incidence of bruising among blood donors and to analyse their response to the management of this complication. A total of 52 510 donors were bled at 476 consecutive donor sessions held by the Brentwood Centre during a 4‐month period. Of these, 344 donors (0.66%) were found to have developed bruises following venepuncture. The incidence of bruising among males was 0.35% and that among females was 0.98%.  All bruised donors were managed by the Centre… CONTINUE READING

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