HIV seroprevalence  in blood donors at a tertiary care hospital of Saurastra region ,Gujarat (Study of two years)

Dr. Alaknanda Atara; Dr. Nisha Gupta; Dr. Shweta Upadhyay

Volume : V, Issue : IV, April - 2016

HIV seroprevalence in blood donors at a tertiary care hospital of Saurastra region ,Gujarat (Study of two years)

Dr. Alaknanda Atara, Dr. Nisha Gupta, Dr. Shweta Upadhyay

Abstract :

Background: Blood transfusion is an integral part of medical and surgical therapy. Transfusion of blood and blood components, as specialized modality of patient modality of patient management saves millions of lives worldwide each year and reduces morbidity. It is well–known that blood transfusion is associated with large numbers of complications, some are only trivial and others potentially life threatening, demanding for meticulous pre transfusion testing and screening. Replacement donors were considered as an indicators of trend in HIV infection in general population and these figures for blood donors can be used as a proxy for prevalence figures for general population. Methods: to assess the prevalence of HIV infection among blood donors and to compare the prevalence of HIV in voluntary donors and replacement donors. Retrospective study of two years from Jan. 2011 to Dec. 2012 was done. This study was conducted at Blood bank, G G Hospital serving Jamnagar district. Result: total 29297 were tested out of it 40(0.14%) were HIV positive and Anti HIV antibody seropositivity is more among replacement donors than among voluntary donors. Conclusion: On comp� the data of two years, increase in number of voluntary donation and decreasing trend in seroprevalence of HIV was observed. Motivating voluntary blood donors is the most effective way of ensuring adequate supplies of safe blood on a continuing basis.