Background:Adequate selection of a prospective whole blood donor protects his health
and safety of the recipient. Objectives: The main objective of this
study was to determine the haematology parameters of apparently healthy
prospective whole blood donors. Participants and Methods: This was a hospital based prospective
study carried out from August to October 2020 at the blood transfusion
unit of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, Nigeria.A structured pretested questionnaire was used for data collection. The
socio demographic status and the haematology parameters of apparently healthy
prospective whole blood donors who tested negative for HIV, hepatitis B and C
markers were captured. Obtained data were analysed with the statistical package
for the social scientist software version 20. Results: One hundred male (97.1%) and three female (2.9%) apparently healthy
prospective whole blood donors were studied. The median age of study subjects
was 30 years. Obtained median haematology parameter values were 13g/dl,
40%, 4.9/nl and 203.9/nl for haemoglobin concentration, haematocrit, total
white cell and platelet counts respectively. The median values for the mean
corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC), mean corpuscular haemoglobin
(MCH) and mean corpuscular volume (MCV) of participants were 32.6g/dl,27.7pg and
85.7
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