PREVALENCE OF HIV INFECTION AMONG BLOOD DONORS AT TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL OF UTTAR PRADESH
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 12
Abstract
BACKGROUND Blood transfusion is a life-saving measure used in the field of medicine. Transfusion medicine has great public health importance. The screening of transfusion transmitted infections is mandatory in blood donors for the safety of recipient. The National blood transfusion council has recommended voluntary non-remunerated blood donors. Aim- The present study was done to retrospectively analyse the prevalence of HIV infection in blood donors from November 2009 to November 2017. MATERIALS AND METHODS All tests were done using the fourth generation ELISA kit (J Mitra and Co. Pvt. Ltd.), which detected the presence of anti-HIV antibodies. Settings and Design- The study was carried out in the Blood Bank at Saraswathi Institute of Medical Sciences, Hapur, Uttar Pradesh. RESULTS A total of 6982 blood donors were screened, of which 6881 (98.5%) were males and 101 (1.44%) were females. Replacement donations of 6770 (96.96%) represented the majority, whereas only 212 (3.03%) donations were from the voluntary donors. CONCLUSION Our study showed the prevalence of HIV to be 0.071% in our tertiary care teaching hospital.
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Sarandeep Singh Puri, Dhot P. S
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