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April 24, 2026Transfusion1 citations

Assessment of implementation of ferritin testing on donor return

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MGMindy GoldmanCWChinchin WangAKAditi Khandelwal

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  • This research aims to evaluate the impact of ferritin testing on the return rates of blood donors and their hemoglobin levels.
  • Compared ferritin levels between donors who returned and those who paused donation.
  • Analyzed hemoglobin deferral rates for low versus normal ferritin donors over two years.
  • Evaluated differences in return rates based on ferritin results.
  • Low ferritin donors who returned showed similar hemoglobin deferral rates to normal ferritin donors.
  • Many low ferritin donors returned early, but experienced high failure rates in donation.
  • A consistent 11% decrease in return rates between low and normal/high ferritin donors was noted after two years.

Abstract

Iron deficiency was common. Low ferritin donors who paused donation and returned to donate had hemoglobin deferral rates similar to normal ferritin donors. However, many returned early and had high failure rates. Two years after testing, an 11% difference in return rates remained between low and normal/high ferritin donors.

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Goldman et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69eb09c9553a5433e34b41bdhttps://doi.org/10.1111/trf.70236
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