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Deferral reason and donor experience individually as well as jointly impacted donor return. Particularly first-time and reactivated donors were at risk of nonreturn, especially when deferred for Hb or short-term medical reasons, respectively. Blood banks designing and implementing donor retention strategies should thus not only take successful but also unsuccessful donation experiences and different experience levels into account.
Spekman et al. (Thu,) studied this question.