[Guide for the organisation of ceremonies for delivering pins and certificates of recognition to volunteer blood donors. Etablissement français du sang Auvergne-Loire. Associations pour le don du sang bénévole]. / Guide d'organisation des cérémonies de remises des diplômes et des insignes de reconnaissance en faveur des donneurs de sang bénévoles. Etablissement français du sang Auvergne-Loire. Associations pour le don du sang bénévole.

Award ceremonies constitute an important means of promotion among the blood donor population, and also the general population. They contribute to the development of blood donation loyalty. Even so, their organization must be rigorously and perfectly codified. With this aim, the Etablissement français du sang Auvergne-Loire, in partnership with the departmental representation of the blood donors national federation, worked out a guide for their associations.

[Partnership guide for the good sequence of a blood donation]. / Guide de partenariat pour le bon déroulement d'une collecte de sang.

Blood donation requires a partnership for its organization between Etablissement français du sang and associations. A partnership guide, conceived by and for the operations team in the first rank of which Associations for Altruistic Blood Donation, was worked out to remind or inform conditions necessary for the good sequence of a blood donation. Through this guide, the authors also wanted to clarify the role and the responsibilities of each partner for a better reception of the Candidate for donation. The elaboration of this guide is only a first stage towards an homogenization or even an overhaul of the organization of blood donation.

Sexual quality of life is impaired in patients with chronic hepatitis C.

Chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients often have altered quality of life. Few data are available about sexual impairment (SI) in CHC. From 2011 to 2013, we included consecutive CHC outpatients. Exclusion criteria were: antiviral therapy, co-infection, age <18 or >75, transplantation, alcohol consumption, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group >1. Non-CHC subjects were healthy blood donors. Sexual questionnaires for men and women were adapted from the International Index of Erectile Function and Female Sexual Function Index, respectively, and concerned the past 30 days. Two hundred eighty-one patients were compared with 1086 blood donors. SI was more frequent in CHC patients. Men with CHC had worse desire, confidence, erections, climax and satisfaction (P<0.001). Women with CHC had worse desire, arousal, climax, satisfaction, lubrication and comfort (P<0.001). In multivariate analysis, factors associated with SI in men were CHC (odds ratio (OR)=4.45, 95% confidence interval (CI) 2.46-8.06), age (OR=1.06, 95% CI 1.03-1.09), no intercourse (OR=8.74, 95% CI 4.65-16.04) and unemployment (OR=2.14, 95% CI 1.16-3.95). Factors associated with a worse global sexual life in women were CHC (OR=7.96, 95% CI 4.07-15.58) and no intercourse (OR=21.39, 95% CI 11.03-41.48). The study results were corroborated by propensity score-matching analysis. Sexual life is impaired in men and women with CHC. In clinical practice, sexual quality of life should be evaluated and treated.