Protect donor health and safety by collecting blood only from healthy
individuals
Ensure patient safety by collecting blood only from donors whose donations,
when transfused, will be safe for the recipients
Identify any factors that might make an individual unsuitable as a donor,
either temporarily or permanently
Reduce the unnecessary deferral of safe and healthy donors
Ensure the quality of blood products derived from whole blood and
apheresis donations
Minimize the wastage of resources resulting from the collection of
unsuitable donations.