Blood donation criteria in Australia: Population knowledge, misperceptions, and impact on donation intent

Misperceptions about blood donation eligibility can deter individuals from donating. In Australia, misperceptions of one's eligibility status may be exacerbated by recent changes to donor criteria. However, public knowledge of these criteria remains underexplored.

• Publication year

  2025

• Venue

  Transfusion

• Publication date

  2025-11-09

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1111/trf.18474PMID 41208297PMCID 12704694
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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