The donation interval of 56 days requires extension to 180 days for whole blood donors to recover from changes in iron metabolism

Blood. 2016 Oct 27;128(17):2185-2188. doi: 10.1182/blood-2016-04-709451. Epub 2016 Sep 1.

Authors

Nienke Schotten¹, Pieternel C M Pasker-de Jong¹, Diego Moretti², Michael B Zimmermann², Anneke J Geurts-Moespot³, Dorine W Swinkels³, Marian G J van Kraaij⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department Donor Studies, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
² Laboratory for Human Nutrition, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
³ Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; and.
⁴ Department of Transfusion Medicine and Department of Donor Affairs, Sanquin Blood Bank, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

PMID: 27587880
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2016-04-709451

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

Adult
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / blood
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / drug therapy
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / rehabilitation*
Blood Donors*
Donor Selection / methods*
Female
Ferritins / blood
Hemoglobins / analysis
Hemoglobins / metabolism
Humans
Iron / administration & dosage
Iron / metabolism*
Male
Middle Aged
Recovery of Function*
Time Factors

Substances

Hemoglobins
Ferritins
Iron