Comparative Study on Hemoglobin Test in Blood Donors

Abstract

Abstract : The study on hemoglobin test in blood donors is to compare the test result of four methods as follows; CuSO₄ solution, comparing the color of blood with hemoglobin scale, HemoCue and automate. There were 458 donors included in this study (199 male and 259 female donors). After testing with CuSO₄ solution, blood from 237 donors sank in the solution whereas that of 221 did not sink or sank slowly. This meant that 237 prospective donors could donate blood and the rest 221 prospective donors couldn't. Hemoglobin test by companing the color of blood with that of hemoglobin scale showed that 269 prospective donors could donate blood whereas the rest 189 prospective donors could't. When tested by HemoCue and automate, the passing result of hemoglobin >= 12 g/dL in females and >=13 g/aL in males. It was found that by HemoCue 286 donors and by automate 294 donors could donate blood. The rest 172 prospective donors that were tested by HemoCue and 164 donors that tested blood by automate couldn't donate blood. Conclusion : The study revealed that four methods falsely yielded different result. By using CuSO₄ solution, more donors were excluded and by using automate. lesser donors than other methods were rejected. It was found that the agreeable results between automate and HemoCue automate and compairing of Hb color and automate and CuSO₄ techniques were 78%, 76% and 74%, respectively.