[PDF] Top 20 Seroprevalence of transfusion transmitted infections in voluntary and replacement blood donors in a tertiary care hospital blood bank of Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India: 5 years retrospective study

... this study, the seroprevalence of HBV is highest, followed by HCV, HIV, Syphilis, Malaria in all the donors, which is similar to many other studies in ...the donors were males, this may be due ... See full document

... Authors blood bank uses ELISA 3RD generation kits which cannot detect HBV before 59 days, HCV before 82 days and HIV before 22 days of ...of blood and its components are being issued and transfused ... See full document

... Although blood transfusion is a life-saving modality, it is associated with certain infectious and non infectious risks, Transfusion Transmitted Infections (TTI) are quite hazardous ... See full document

... BACKGROUND: Transfusion-transmissible infectious agents such as hepatitis B virus (HBV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and syphilis are among the greatest threats to blood ... See full document

... Blood transfusion is a significant route of transmission of infectious diseases like HBV, HCV and ...of donors and donated ...healthy blood donors or the replacement ... See full document

... the study by Huda N, [24] the commonest mode of injury was RTA seen in ...a study in 2004 and found that RTA was responsible for 52% of injuries, falls for 13%, occupational injuries constituted 4% & ... See full document

... and blood vessel which included coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease, congenital heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary ...high blood pressure, smoking, ... See full document

... of blood were collected by venipuncture in a bag containing Citrate Phosphate Dextrose Adenine (CPDA-1) ...of blood were collected and were dispensed into ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid (EDTA) tube, to ... See full document

... male donors could partially be linked to physiological differences between men and women, and cultural misconception of the ...male blood donors ...the blood donors had sec- ondary ... See full document

... We can see a pattern of emerging antibiotic resistance and hence wise use of antibiotics seems to be the need of hour. Surveillance should be conducted at regular intrevals and emprical treatment regimen should be ... See full document

... of blood and blood components is an extremely cost-effective practice but holding blood unit for elective surgery and then not transfusing leads to fritter away the reagents and overload on the ... See full document

... 1976 donors is shown in Table 2. The majority of donors were younger than 45 years ...the study groups, after the removal of the “others” ...36 years, positive: ...0.001) donors ... See full document

... This study has also highlighted that pre-donation screening of TTI with rapid tests may be safe in settings where there is no alternative, if all quality procedures are ...In transfusion medicine, false ... See full document

... of blood circulation and transfusion, there has been an in- satiable demand for voluntary blood donations throughout the ...gathering blood donors has never been easy because ... See full document

... The seroprevalence of 95.8% for CMV IgG antibody among voluntary blood donors in this study is ...the study area have been previously exposed to ...and India showed ... See full document

... Unsafe blood transfusion not only poses a risk to patient, causing significant morbidity and mortality, but also adds to the economical burden on healthcare ...of India mandates to screen every unit ... See full document

... a voluntary blood donation camp in one's educational institute since these camps are common in educational ...with study 16 carried out in Tanzania where voluntary blood donation ... See full document

... All blood samples were screened for HIV-I and II, HBsAg, HCV (by using third generation enzyme- linked immunoadsorbent assay technique), Syphilis (by Rapid Plasma Reagin Kit), and Malaria antigen both for ... See full document

... the study demonstrated the fact that the risk of TTIs is still substantial, a problem which is compounded by in- dicators; reported in this study, which appear to suggest that the frequency of specific TTIs ... See full document

... 4224 blood units collected, 487 units that tested positive for any of the TTI tested giving an overall posi- tivity rate ...by years, the percentage was increasing from year 2010 ... See full document