Pattern of blood donation and the prevalence of TTIs in a blood bank at a District hospital in North India-A 6 year experience.

Dr. Digvijay Singh Dattal; Dr. Anchana Gulati; Dr. Mukta Rastogi

Volume : IX, Issue : VI, June - 2020

Pattern of blood donation and the prevalence of TTIs in a blood bank at a District hospital in North India-A 6 year experience.

Dr. Digvijay Singh Dattal, Dr. Anchana Gulati, Dr. Mukta Rastogi

Abstract :

Background: Provision of adequate supply of safe blood is the aim of all the blood banks. Apparently healthy donors may be a source of transfusion transmitted infections associated diseases to the recipients. Aim: The objective of the present study was to find out the pattern of blood donation and the seroprevalence of transfusion–transmitted infections (TTIs) among healthy blood donors in a blood bank at a district hospital in the hill state, Himachal Pradesh, India. Materials and Methods: A retrospective cross–sectional study was conducted at district hospital Solan over a period of six years from 2014 to 2019 and included all the donors (voluntary and replacement) from the hospital and blood donation camps. Screening for Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus(HBV), hepatitis C virus(HCV) and treponema pallidum (Syphilis) screening was done using ELISA as per the guidelines laid by the NACO. Rapid card test was done to detect malarial parasite. Results: Of the total 8782 donors, most of them were in the age group of 18 years to 25 years (43.5%) and were males (90.4%). Voluntary donation (94.0%) was more common than replacement donation. In the present study, the overall seroprevalence was 0.8% and seroprevalence of HBV, HCV, syphilis and malaria was 0.38%, 0.17%, 0.11% and 0.14% respectively. No sero positive case of HIV was detected among the donors. Conclusion: We observed that apparently healthy looking donors are also not free of TTIs�. Hence blood donors should be selected carefully after mandatory screening for TTIs so as to ensure safe blood supply.