Higher uptake of common adult vaccines in Australian blood donors: An analysis of linked registry data
Blood donors have a higher uptake for funded/recommended adult vaccines than non-donors. These findings provide evidence of vaccination rate differences that may impact interpretation of studies where blood donor samples and/or data are used.
Authors
- Marijke Welvaert
- Bette Otto-Bliesner Zhengyu Liu
- Rena Hirani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0371-9515)
- Surendra Karki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1561-4171)
- David O. Irving (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2434-0686)
- Veronica Hoad
Institutions
- University of Technology Sydney (AU)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Australian Red Cross Lifeblood (AU)
- University of Canberra (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- National Centre for Immunisation Research & Surveillance (AU)
- ACT Government (AU)
- Macquarie University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Vox Sanguinis
- Published
- 2026-02-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/vox.70205
- Primary Topic
- Blood donation and transfusion practices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Technology Sydney
- NSW Ministry of Health
- National Health and Medical Research Council
- Cancer Council NSW