%0 Journal Article
%T Prevalence of HIV, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and Syphilis in donor¡¯s blood: A study from eastern part of India
%A Swapan Kumar Sinha
%A Sudarshana Roychoudhury
%A Kuntal Biswas
%A Pranab Biswas
%J Open Journal of Hematology
%D 2012
%I 
%X Objectives: Voluntary donor selection and screening of donor¡¯s blood for infective agents are the cornerstones of transfusion medicine. Strict donor selection criterion, proper counselling and deferred collection may reduce wastage of resources.Materials and Methods: During the period of 01.01.2007 to 31.12.2008, a total number of 44,173 units of blood were collected from healthy voluntary donors. There were 39,734 males and 4,439 were females with a ratio of 9:1. Age ranged from 18-60 years. Blood was collected CPDA-1 bags.Discussion: All blood samples were tested for HIV I & II, Hepatitis B surface Antigen, Hepatitis C and VDRL (Reagin) for Syphilis. It was observed that 283 tested positive for HIV (0. 64%), 1001 were positive for HbsAg (2.27%), 717 were positive for HCV (1.62%) and 577(1.31%) were Reagin (VDRL) positive. Total 2,578 Units (5.8%) of blood were discarded due to presence of infective agents. There was a significant increment in HbsAg prevalence among blood donors from 2007 to 2008.Conclusion: Strict quality control, proper counselling of donors and training of blood transfusion personnel including deferring of suspected donors may help wastage of huge resources and reduce inventory.
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