Potential Recruitment of Blood Donors in Higher Education Institutions, an Opportunity for Social Responsibility and the Sustainability of Blood Banks

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1593912306119

• Palavras-chave: blood donation, blood typing, altruism.

• Keywords: blood donation, blood typing, altruism.

• Abstract:

  Donating blood (blood components) is of great importance, as there is no type of substance that can replace blood in medical treatments. This practice depends on voluntary donors. Global statistics reveal that blood donation is not keeping up with the increase in transfusions and many countries face difficulties in guaranteeing the adequate quantity of necessary blood components. 

  With this problem that we find related to the need for blood donors, this work aims, through field research, to find out what the rate of blood donors is, according to basic criteria, in a higher education institution and discuss the importance of donating blood. blood, for this group. As a methodology, a field investigation (quantitative and qualitative) was carried out using a survey in the period of October and November 2018 with 639 students aged between 16 and 50 years old, all students in the first year of the medical course at the Universidad Privada Del This one from Paraguay is a bibliographic review investigation using relevant scientific articles to discuss the importance of blood donation. According to the results obtained, mainly through the questionnaire, it was possible to observe that an extremely high number of students on the course did not know their blood type nor did they donate blood, the vast majority of them being young. Over time, investigations indicate a decrease in blood donations among young people. This demonstrates the importance of blood donation programs among students at higher education institutions, mainly because it is a group with a young majority. It is extremely important to carry out campaigns to guide and attract donors with the aim of increasing donations, keeping the Blood Bank inventory stocked and creating a permanent culture of the need for blood donation.