Exploring the experiences of hemochromatosis (<scp>HHC</scp>) patients who undergo therapeutic venesection at a blood collection agency
Findings indicate that BCAs can do more to educate donors with HHC about how their blood is used to help others. Doing so may help to retain them as donors and can be beneficial for the blood supply, as well as for the donors themselves.
Authors
- Athina Kakkos
- Justine O’Donovan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7451-1930)
- Elizabeth Knight (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6623-9725)
- Barbara Masser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9385-6497)
- Rachel D. Thorpe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4415-9438)
- Carol Jos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6905-3061)
- P.J. Bentley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8680-922X)
- Marijke Welvaert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0802-8134)
- Carley N. Gemelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3030-5086)
- Jan Maddern
Institutions
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Australian Red Cross Lifeblood (AU)
- Melbourne Health (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Transfusion
- Published
- 2025-02-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/trf.18153
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Blood donation and transfusion practices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 11.04
Funders
- University of Melbourne