Rethinking the role of older donors in a sustainable blood supply

Melissa K Hyde^{1

2}, Barbara M Masser^{1

3}, Rachel Thorpe^{2

4}, Aaron Akpu Philip², Amanda Salmon¹, Theresa L Scott¹, Tanya E Davison^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
² Research and Development, Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, Melbourne, Australia.
³ National Institute for Health and Care Research Blood and Transplant Research Unit in Donor Health and Behaviour, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
⁴ School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
⁵ Research and Innovation, Silverchain, Melbourne, Australia.
⁶ Monash Art, Design and Architecture, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

Melissa K Hyde et al. Transfusion. 2025 Apr.

. 2025 Apr;65(4):758-766.

doi: 10.1111/trf.18190. Epub 2025 Mar 6.

Melissa K Hyde^{1

2}, Barbara M Masser^{1

3}, Rachel Thorpe^{2

4}, Aaron Akpu Philip², Amanda Salmon¹, Theresa L Scott¹, Tanya E Davison^{5

6}

¹ School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
² Research and Development, Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, Melbourne, Australia.
³ National Institute for Health and Care Research Blood and Transplant Research Unit in Donor Health and Behaviour, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
⁴ School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
⁵ Research and Innovation, Silverchain, Melbourne, Australia.
⁶ Monash Art, Design and Architecture, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: donors.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors do not have any conflicts of interest to report.

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