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Characterization of voluntary blood donors for blood group ABO and Rh attending a blood bank in the city of Tunja; Colombia

Caracterización de donantes voluntarios de sangre por grupo sanguíneo A B O y Rh que asistieron a un banco de sangre de la ciudad de Tunja- Colombia./Characterization of voluntary blood donors for blood group ABO and Rh attending a blood bank in the city




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Cruz, H. F., Moreno Collazo, J. E., & Forero, S. E. (2012). Characterization of voluntary blood donors for blood group ABO and Rh attending a blood bank in the city of Tunja; Colombia. Archivos De Medicina , 12(2), 185-189. https://doi.org/10.30554/archmed.12.2.7.2012
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Cruz, H. F., Moreno Collazo, J. E., & Forero, S. E. (2012). Characterization of voluntary blood donors for blood group ABO and Rh attending a blood bank in the city of Tunja; Colombia. Archivos De Medicina , 12(2), 185-189. https://doi.org/10.30554/archmed.12.2.7.2012

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Harold Fabián Cruz
Jorge Enrique Moreno Collazo
Sandra Erika Forero

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Background: The frequency of ABO blood group and Rh factor is an important factor in relation to the needs of blood components in the population, identifying a routine in blood banks.
Materials and methods: A retrospective, cross sectional, descriptive study was performed, period from January to March 2012 with data provided by the Foundation from Colombia Hematological volunteer blood donors who attended a fixed point of blood collection in the city of Tunja - Colombia. The variables analyzed were age, gender, and Rh blood group ABO. Results: The study population consisted of volunteer donors 1678 the average age of 28,29 years, 53,3% (n = 894), 62,9% of the population belongs to the group O, there was higher proportion of positive versus negative Rh (94,9 vs 5,1 ), blood type
O positive, 32% (n = 532) of the total population. Discussion: The group O and A are predominant in the study population, similar to behavior reported in the literature loa, just as the Rh negative.

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