Assessment of the Pre-donation Hemoglobin Level at the Yamoussoukro Blood Donation Center in Cote d'Ivoire

The aim of this chapter was to make an assessment of the pre-donation capillary hemoglobin dosage for the year 2020 of the fixed collection, of the Blood Donation Center of Yamoussoukro. Blood Donation is a medical act that consists in giving blood or one of its derivatives taken from a healthy subject called the donor to a sick subject called the recipient.

Despite the improvements made in Côte d'Ivoire in terms of transfusion safety, more work has to be done, notably in terms of the medical selection of blood donors. This is a retrospective study was conducted at the Yamoussoukro Blood Donation Center. The data collection concerned all old and new blood donors deemed appropriate for the fixed collection of the year 2020.

The findings showed that of the 1160 blood donors, the pre-donation hemoglobin level was not measured in 787 (67.8%) subjects of either sex. Among the subjects whose pre-donation hemoglobin levels were measured, 97 (26%) blood donors including 15 female and 82 male had sub-standard hemoglobin levels. The study concluded that Pre-donation hemoglobin testing of blood donors is effective in Yamoussoukro. However, efforts must be taken to improve the quality of blood obtained and to protect blood donors.