Oral or parenteral iron supplementation to reduce deferral, iron deficiency and/or anaemia in blood donors.
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BACKGROUND Iron deficiency is a significant cause of deferral in people wishing to donate blood. If iron removed from the body through blood donation is not replaced, then donors may become iron deficient. All donors are screened at each visit for lo...