Title: Trends of Transfusion transmitted Viral Infections in Whole Blood donors of tertiary care hospital in North India.
Keywords:
TTI, Sero Prevalence , Trends, Viral markers in Blood donorsAbstract
Background: Blood Transfusion plays a vital role in patient management and is life saving in many instances. The priority objective of Blood Transfusion Services (BTS) is to ensure safe, adequate accessible efficient blood supply at all times. The magnitude of Transfusion transmitted infections (TTI) varies from country to country and depends directly on the TTI load of society and also effective screening of donors at blood centre..
Aim and Objectives: To study the sero prevalence and trends in Transfusion Transmitted viral infections including HIV, HBV, HCV in whole blood donors
Materials and Methods: A retrospective study was conducted in our hospital based blood centre from January 2021 to December 2022.
Results: The sero- prevalence of HCV, HBV, and HIV decreased steadily over 2 years, whereas incidence of syphilis and malaria was same in 2 years. HCV was noted to be more than HBsAg and followed by HIV.TTI was more common in age group 21-30 years. The trends of sero-prevalence of TTI in blood donors is decreasing from 2021 to 2022.
Conclusion: Strict selection of blood donors is mandatory and is recommended to ensure safe blood supply. Voluntary blood donations need to be increased to decrease the incidence of TTI.
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