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File: 970207_aadci_132.txtODS MEDICAL LESSONS LEARNED BLOOD CATEGORY BLOOD ISSUE NO. 6 Accurate Assessment of Blood Donor Populations (SGHR ITEi NO. 14) BACKGROUND: Military BDCs are assigned quotas for collection based on calculated base donor pools. Care should be taken to ensure donor population is accurately quantified. DISCUSSION: A high percentage of AETC donors are students. In ODS, we found we had not previously considered that pipeline students would arrive from basic training having already been drawn at Lackland. The impact would have been much greater in a general war scenario. RECOMMENDATIONS: Determine appropriate "discount factors" in calculating available student donors. Determine minimum safe time interval in which students could be re-drawn. ACTIONS REQUIRED: Review formulas for calculating available donor populations at technical training centers. Review minimum safe interval that donors can be drawn. ACTIONS COMPLETED: Formulas have been reviewed and validated. Minimal donating interval has been changed from 8 weeks to 6 weeks for contingencies with FDA approval. STATUS: Closed.
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