Profile of blood donors from the blood center public the Natal/RN

Abstract

Objectives: To characterize the profile of donors and donations of blood in a service of hemotherapy. Methods: Descriptive study, retrospective, exploratory and quantitative approach conducted at the Blood Center Public Natal/RN. The data was collected after signing term of consent by the director of the institution by a structured form and was used as the source database of the institution. Inclusion criterion was persons who donated blood in 2010 and 2011.The data collected were organized in Microsoft Excel 2007, transferred to SPSS (20.0), analyzed using descriptive statistics and presented in the form of tables. Results: Have prevailed men, older than 29 years and two complete high school. The donations were concentrated on the types of spare and return and more donated blood type was "O" Positive. Conclusion: It is evident then that the capture and fidelity of donors requires a constant work to awareness of the population and a quality service.