Blood donor recruitment and education for successful donor retention. : A literature review.
Otieno, Linah (2018)
Otieno, Linah
Yrkeshögskolan Arcada
2018
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Blood donation is an important part of modern-day medicine with the constant need for blood supply in clinical settings. Recruitment and retention of blood donors are similarly important to ensure that blood supply is constant and readily available in cases where it is needed by recipients.
The purpose of this paper is to present a literature review of studies, relating to blood donor recruitment, education and retention. The aim of this review was to find out what methods are being used to recruit, educate and retain blood donors. Additionally, to find out the roles nurses play in the blood donation process.
A search for this systematic literature review was conducted by collecting articles from EBSCO, CINAHL(EBSCO), ScienceDirect, databases and Sage journals between March and June 2018. A total of twelve studies between 2007 and 2018, met the inclusion criteria. The findings suggest that the blood donor career is dependent on blood donor behaviour and attitude, blood donor characteristics are different and ever-changing hence influence decisions to donate, deterrents affect blood donor motivation to donate, loyalty building methods help with recruitment of blood donors and blood donating staff should be well trained to effectively support donors.
The conclusion for this review is that placing value on all types of blood donors during recruitment, giving blood donors constant support and communicating effectively during the donation process, training blood donation staff effectively can eventually contribute greatly to blood donor retention.
The purpose of this paper is to present a literature review of studies, relating to blood donor recruitment, education and retention. The aim of this review was to find out what methods are being used to recruit, educate and retain blood donors. Additionally, to find out the roles nurses play in the blood donation process.
A search for this systematic literature review was conducted by collecting articles from EBSCO, CINAHL(EBSCO), ScienceDirect, databases and Sage journals between March and June 2018. A total of twelve studies between 2007 and 2018, met the inclusion criteria. The findings suggest that the blood donor career is dependent on blood donor behaviour and attitude, blood donor characteristics are different and ever-changing hence influence decisions to donate, deterrents affect blood donor motivation to donate, loyalty building methods help with recruitment of blood donors and blood donating staff should be well trained to effectively support donors.
The conclusion for this review is that placing value on all types of blood donors during recruitment, giving blood donors constant support and communicating effectively during the donation process, training blood donation staff effectively can eventually contribute greatly to blood donor retention.