The possibilities of hemotherapy depend on the quality of blood donors active in blood donation. The authors via a voluntary anonymous questionnaire of blood donors during the first half year of 2002 followed blood donor opinions on blood giving in the Transfusiology department in Bratislava. 461 donors were evaluated. The average age of the donors was 32.25 years, 1/3 women and 2/3 men. The results demonstrate that the donor registry consists of 60 % donors with high school and university education. 50 % of these wanted to give blood on their own, family and friend recruited 38 %, only 6,8 % were recruited by Red Cross, but only 1,6 % were persuaded by doctors. 2/3 donors donate blood regularly which corresponds with the number of donors who complete their knowledge about blood donation. Majority of the donors is satisfied with the niveau of care of our departement. Current questioning of blood donors may improve care of transfusion departements and can help to keep the interest of blood donors in further donations.

        Key words: blood donor, questionnaire, blood donations