Sero-Prevalence of Transfusion Transmissible Infections in Blood Donors at Blood Bank of a Tertiary Care Hospital - an indicator of Blood Safety in the Region: A Study from North Haryana (India)

Background: Blood transfusion saves millions of lives worldwide each year but at the same time it is also associated with large number of complications including transfusion-transmissible infections (TTIs). Aims and Objectives: To access the seropreva lence of HIV, HBV, HCV, Syphilis and Malaria in blood donors Setting: The Blood Bank of a Tertiary level Hospital in Haryana, India. Study Design: A retrospective hospital record based study. Material and Method: The study included blood donors of age group 18 65 years. Data of total 20918 blood donors was collected from July 2017 to August 2019. Results: The seroprevalence of HCV, HBV, HIV, Malaria and Syphilis as reported in our study was 1.16 %, 0.78 %, 0.057 % ,0.014% and 0.124 % respectively.. Higher prevalence of TTIs were reported in replacement donors as compared to voluntary donors and in male compared to females. Conclusion: Voluntary blood donor services are very much needed and should be encouraged along with stringent donor selection and latest screening assays.

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