Scarcity of blood and blood products is frequently encountered in health care institutions. Increasing
awareness among young people about blood donations can serve as an important pool of potential
blood donors for hospitals. Aim: To assess the awareness of blood donations among voluntary and replacement donors.
Material And Methods: a prospective study conducted in department of immunohematology and transfusion medicine LD (Lal
ded)Hospital a tertiary care hospital In Srinagar,Jammu and Kashmir,India. The study was carried over a period of one year
from August 2021 to July 2022. Results: In this present study 64.3% were voluntary donors and 35.7% were replacement
donors.22.8% the height percentage among donors show apprehension of weakness after blood donations as the main reason
for not donating blood. Followed by other reasons as well. 0.57% as least percentage of donors due to there low hemoglobulin as
a reason for not donating blood.This reason was mainly seen among female donors. Conclusion: There is a critical need for
training and culture building activities and programs to increase people's awareness and improve their attitude towards blood
donation
Objectives: Transfusion Transmitted Infections (TTIs) are infections caused by potential pathogens which are transmitted to the blood recipients through blood transfusion. This study was primarily carried out to detect sero-positivity of the markers of Hepatitis-B virus (HBV), Hepatitis-C virus (HCV), Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Syphilis in the blood donors at a tertiary care hospital in Srinagar, J&K, India over a of 4 years.Material and Methods: Blood donations over 4 years from Jan.2015 to Dec. 2018 were reviewed retrospectively from the records of blood bank for seropositivity for HBV, HCV, HIV and Syphilis.Results: A total of 31733 blood units were collected out of which 24494 (77.19%) were replacement and 7239 (22.81%) were voluntary. The seroprevalence of HBV, HCV, HIV and Syphilis was 0.22% (72), 0.16% (52), 0.009% (3) and 0.01% (5) respectively. A decreasing trend of all the major TTIs was observed over these years. Prevalence of all the four TTIs was observed highest in replacement donors as compared to voluntary donors.
Conclusion:Seroprevalence of all the TTIs was low as compared to the studies from rest of the country. Extensive donor selection and screening procedures will help in improving blood safety more. Efforts should be made to maximise voluntary donations and minimise replacement donations.
Introduction: Blood transfusion plays an vital role in patients management and is live saving in my instances. it plays a pivotal role as a specialized modality of treatment and saves millions of lives worldwide each year and reduces morbidity. Stringent screening of blood not only ensure safe supply of blood and blood products, but also gives us idea about prevalence of ttis among general population
Objective: to determine the serroperavalance of tti among blood donors in lalded hospital
Materials and methods: A retrospective study was carried out over a period of 3 years from January 2017 to December 2019.serum samples were screened for hepatitis B surface antigen ,antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus Type 1 and 2 ,hepatitis c virus and syphilis in department of transfusion medicine was carried out
Result: The result shows that 55 (3.72%) of the blood donors had TTIs. The prevalence of Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Malaria, Syphilis and Human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV), was found to be 31(0.21%), 23 (0.15%), 01 (0.0.006%), 01 (0.006%) and 02 (0.0.23%) respectively. None were positive for malaria.
Conclusion: Transfusion Transmittable Infections pose a threat to patients admitted in any health care facility and if not carefully screened for will cause significant morbidity. Careful screening of all donor blood units in the blood bank of a hospital is absolutely necessary to prevent any untoward incidence of TTI in patients admitted to a health care facility
Keywords: Transfusion, Sero-Prevalence, Donors, Transfusion Transmissible Infections.
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