జర్నల్ ఆఫ్ బ్లడ్ డిజార్డర్స్ & ట్రాన్స్‌ఫ్యూజన్

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A Study of Prevalence of HIV and Hepatitis B among Blood Donors in Tertiary Care Hospital, Kolar, Karnataka

Nalini HS, Manjula K, Srinivasa Reddy P, Kalyani R

Background: Blood transfusion is usually lifesaving but can cause disease if not tested properly for the presence of micro –organisms before transfusion. Most common diseases transmitted through blood are hepatitis, HIV, syphilis, malaria, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C. The present study was undertaken to assess seroprevalence and trends of HIV and HBV (Hepatitis B Virus) in our rural tertiary health care hospital. Methods: All the blood donors (voluntary donor’s and replacement donors) donating blood in the blood bank were considered as the study population. During the study period 79162 units were collected from the healthy donor’s aged between 18 to 60 years. Results: A total of 35 938 donors were screened for HIV and HBsAg over a period of 5 years of these, 33.853 (94.2%) donors were males and 2085 (05.8%) were females. 117 donor samples were positive for HIV (0.30%) and 359 donor samples were positive for HBsAg accounting to 0.99% of seroprevalence. Conclusion: Seroprevalance of HIV was 0.30% and HBV 0.99%). There was a gradual declining trend in both HIV and Hepatitis B. Strict selection of blood donors and following NACO approved standard testing procedures and having a quality control for each test has helped to reduce seroprevalance of HIV and Hepatitis B