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We examined the rate of visits to a GP after iron\u2010related deferral from donation, and investigated whether an early visit to a GP (within 30\u2009days following the deferral) had an impact on return to make successful donation within 12, 18, and 24\u2009months compared to a delayed or no GP visit.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 1928 donors underwent iron\u2010related deferral. The rate of visits to a GP in the first month after deferral was double the rate observed a month prior. However, only 52.4% of those deferred visited a GP early with slightly more than half of those receiving an iron\u2010monitoring test. Return to donate over the 24\u2009months was lower in donors visiting their GP early (adjusted Hazard Ratio [aHR] 0.86, 95% CI 0.77\u20130.97). Early GP visitors were likely to have a relatively poorer health than the delayed or no GP visit group.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Only half of the donors with an iron\u2010related deferral followed advice from Lifeblood and visited their GP within 30\u2009days of deferral, and these donors have a significantly reduced likelihood of future successful blood donation which may be due to their relatively poorer health status.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/trf.16701","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,9]],"date-time":"2021-10-09T07:08:01Z","timestamp":1633763281000},"page":"3335-3343","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Visits to general practitioners after iron\u2010related deferrals from blood donation in middle\u2010aged and older Australian blood donors"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"61","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1561-4171","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Surendra","family":"Karki","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Research and Development Australian Red Cross Lifeblood  Alexandria Australia"},{"name":"School of Population Health UNSW  Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tanya E.","family":"Davison","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research and Development Australian Red Cross Lifeblood  Alexandria Australia"},{"name":"Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Monash University UNSW  Caulfield, Victoria Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Bette","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Population Health UNSW  Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Katy","family":"Bell","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Public Health The University of Sydney  Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0417-3411","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"John K.","family":"Olynyk","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Health and Medical Sciences Edith Cowan University  Western Australia Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Andrew","family":"Hayen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Public Health University of Technology Sydney  Sydney Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"David O.","family":"Irving","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research and Development Australian Red Cross Lifeblood  Alexandria Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_7_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1537-2995.2011.03062.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/trf.12647"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/voxs.12520"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_5_1","unstructured":"Australian Red Cross Lifeblood.Guidelines for the selection of blood donors."},{"key":"e_1_2_7_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/bjh.15136"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/ije\/dym184"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_8_1","unstructured":"Australian Government. 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