External validation and updating of a Dutch prediction model for low hemoglobin deferral in Irish whole blood donors

Recently, sex‐specific prediction models for low hemoglobin (Hb) deferral have been developed in Dutch whole blood donors. In the present study, we validated and updated the models in a cohort of Irish whole blood donors.

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