Optimizing donor scheduling before recruitment: An effective approach to increasing apheresis platelet collections.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND/AIMS:Typical approach for increasing apheresis platelet collections is to recruit new donors. Here, we investigated the effectiveness of an alternative strategy: optimizing donor scheduling, prior to recruitment, at a hospital-based blood donor center. METHODS:Analysis of collections, during the 89 consecutive months since opening of donor center, was performed. Linear regression and segmented time-series analyses were performed to calculate growth rates of collections and to test for statistical differences, respectively. RESULTS:Pre-intervention donor scheduling capacity was 39/month. In the absence of active donor recruitment, during the first 29 months, the number of collections rose gradually to 24/month (growth-rate of 0.70/month). However, between month-30 and -55, collec

SUBMITTER: Lokhandwala PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5976181 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature