Context: The possibility of hepatitis transmission through blood and blood products is very high and pretransfusion screening is mandatory by law in our country. The present study was carried out to find out the prevalence of Hepatitis B virus positive (HBsAg positive) among the blood donors attended the Department of Transfusion Medicine, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, in 2012. Method: This cross sectional study was carried out in the Department of Transfusion Medicine, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, between January and December 2012. Total blood donors were 27,560. Blood donors of 18-60 years of both sexes were included in this study. Results: Among 27,560 blood donors, relative blood donors were 21,081 (76.49%) and voluntary blood donors were 6,479 (23.50%). Among total blood donors male and female were 23,776 (86.26%) and 3784 (13.73%) respectively. 25,906 (93.99%) were in 18-40 years age group and 1,654 (6%) were in 41-60 years age group. A total of 453 were detected as HBsAg seropostive. Among them, relatives of the patients were 363 (1.7%) and voluntary donors were 90 (1.4%). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jdmc.v22i2.21528 J Dhaka Medical College, Vol. 22, No.2, October, 2013, Page 163-166
Bacground: Post transfusion hepatitis through blood and blood product is still very high in our country. This present study was carried out to find out the prevalence of sero Positive of anti HCV among the blood donors attended at transfusion medicine department of DMCH in 2013 and also to prevent transmission of HCV infection through blood transfusion.Methodology: This cross sectional study was carried out at transfusion medicine department of DMCH from 1st January 2013 to 31st December 2013.Total blood donors were 27,560. Among total 31890 blood donors, relative donors were 25,773.and remaining 6,117 donors were voluntary donors. Blood donors of 18 - 60 years of both sexes were included in this study. Among 31,890 blood donors relative blood donors were 25,773(80.81%), voluntary blood donors were 6,117.(19.18%)Among 31,890 blood donors Anti HCV Sero positive were 33(0.1034%).Result: Among total blood donors male and female were 25,880 ( 81.15 % ) and 6010 (18.85 %) respectively. Age ranges of donors were 18 -40 years 28500 (86.23 % ) and 41 -60 years 3390 (10.63 %).Conclusion: Frequency of HCV seropositive among donors were 33 (.1034 %).Anwer Khan Modern Medical College Journal Vol. 6, No. 1: January 2015, Pages 25-27
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