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Although blood donation is considered to be safe, donor reactions may occur. Most reactions to blood donation are minor, though rare severe complications have been reported. Solve it!
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Newman BH, Waxman DA. Blood donation-related neurologic needle injury: evaluation of 2 years’ worth of data from a large blood center. Transfusion. 1996;36(3):213–5.
Working Group on Donor Vigilance of the International Society of Blood Transfusion Working Party on Haemovigilance in collaboration with The International Haemovigilance Network and the AABB Donor Haemovigilance Working Group. Standards for Surveillance of Complications Related to Blood Donation. 2014. https://www.aabb.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/resources/donor-standard-definitions.pdf?sfvrsn=21834fa4_0.
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Friedman, M.T., West, K.A., Bizargity, P., Annen, K., Gur, H.D., Hilbert, T. (2023). Some Nerve!. In: Immunohematology, Transfusion Medicine, Hemostasis, and Cellular Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14638-1_90
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