[PDF] Top 20 Frequency of Syphilis among Blood Donors Attending Khartoum Teaching Hospital Blood Bank

... prospective blood donors for all transfusion transmissible infections. Blood that is positive for syphilis should be discarded, and the affected donor treated ...for blood donors ... See full document

... of syphilis antibodies by using Immuno- chromatography Test (ICT) devices of Intec (ACON) company, and enzyme-linked immune-sorbent assay (ELISA) ...of Syphilis antibodies was considered as the evidence for ... See full document

... the blood bank, with no additional staff or ...2 Frequency of positive serological tests for, and confirmation of, HIV, HBsAg, HCV and syphilis infections in non-deferred (voluntary and ... See full document

... of blood-transmitted infections includes mainly HIV, HBV, HCV and ...by blood transfusion raise the question of the extent of screening for these ...first-time blood donors in Khartoum ... See full document

... classified among the countries with high hepatitis B virus seroprevalence, this study was carried out to determine seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus among blood donors in Khartoum ... See full document

... C among males is significantly higher than that found in females with no plausible explanation for the higher exposure to occupational HBV and HCV risk factors in men, or else females clear the HBV and HCV more ... See full document

... 74 blood donors who attended Blood bank of Khartoum Teaching Hospital during the period from March- June 2015, consented to the study were included, they were hepatitis B ... See full document

... for blood safety is required for elimination of transfusion transmitted infections, and for provision of safe and adequate blood, the infectious agents such as HCV, HBV, HIV and syphilis are ... See full document

... Kosti teaching hospital blood bank which is the only blood bank that covers the West part of White Nile ...capital Khartoum. A total of one hundred and two thousand four ... See full document

... ninety-six blood samples collected from commercial, voluntary and replacement donors were screened for syphilis using the Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) particle agglutination test ... See full document

... regular blood donors in Enugu developed iron deficiency at interval of two years, three years and four years, respectively and defined as ferritin concentration < 12 ng/mL and TS (Transferrin saturation) ... See full document

... Generally, blood donor’ssocio-demographic characteristics showed some ...women among long- time donors may partly be explained by the cessation of blood donation caused by ...years) ... See full document

... micromil(HRP-conjugate), then waiting for 30 min, re-wash five times, then add 50 micromil from(B,C substrate solution waiting for 15 min, then add 50 micromil of stop solution then on reader(cut off=Nc+0.12), the test ... See full document

... that donors from urban areas, higher educational and socio-economic status as well as those who had previous history of blood donation had higher knowledge ...regarding blood donation, it can be said ... See full document

... through blood transfusion but a safe blood supply is a critical component of health care to prevent the spread of blood-borne infectious ...Hawassa blood bank center. Blood ... See full document

... the blood donors were tested for HBsAg, anti-HCV, anti-HIV (types 1 and 2), syphilis, and ALT according to procedures stipulated in the Chengdu blood ...20110915). Blood specimens were ... See full document

... Rhesus blood groups exhibit extensive polymorphism in different populations and the frequency at which each of the blood group exists shows considerable variations in different ...the ... See full document

... replacement donors. People who donate blood without expecting any favor in return or in voluntary blood donation camps were classified as voluntary blood ...donors. Donors were ... See full document

... with blood obtained from finger prick without any specialized laboratory training by staff and without any need for ...bioline syphilis) had sensitivity and specificity of ... See full document

... Background: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is known to be a significant cause of morbidity and mortality following blood transfusion in children and immunocompromised adults. In Sudan, it is not mandatory to screen donated ... See full document