DOMAINE is a European project that focuses on good donor management.
DOMAINE concentrates on various aspects of donor management: donor recruitment strategies, donor retention strategies, deferral procedures and blood bank policy regarding patients requiring long-term transfusion. It is a Public Health project aiming to increase and maintain a sufficient supply of safe blood across Europe through the promotion of regular 100% voluntary non-remunerated blood donations, facilitate cooperation between blood establishments and patient-driven organisations, and build a consensus on good donor management practices across Europe.
Several organisations have joined their forces in DOMAINE:
- 18 blood establishments from 18 European countries
- 1 patient-driven organisation (Thalassaemia International Federation)
- 1 representative from the South-Eastern Europe Health Network
A survey has been conducted to analyse donor management practices in participating countries, and a manual for good donor management practices is in production. In the final phase, the manual will be tested and blood establishment professionals will be trained.
TIF leads work package 6 on "testing of the manual"
TIF's Contribution: TIF has its Executive Director Dr Androulla Eleftheriou on the Advisory Board of the project overseeing the progress and quality of the work on the survey questionnaire and the write-up of the manual.
TIF contributed in the construction and write-up of the survey questionnaire that was sent to blood establishments, through its Projects Coordinator, Dr Matheos Demetriades, who served on the manual editing team.
Please visit the DOMAINE website for further details and order of the manual.
