AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF SEROPOSITIVITY RATE AMONG BLOOD DONORS AT A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE IN BIHAR, INDIA

Dr. Neha Singh; Dr. Yogesh Kumar

Volume : VIII, Issue : VII, July - 2019

AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF SEROPOSITIVITY RATE AMONG BLOOD DONORS AT A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE IN BIHAR, INDIA

Dr. Neha Singh, Dr. Yogesh Kumar

Abstract :

Introduction: The demand for blood and blood product has always fulfilled and followed by the process of best recruitment of donors. Voluntary blood donors are most suitable for donation of blood and blood products because of they have carried more good physical and mental status comparisons to other donors. Screening of blood donors always provides a unique opportunity to study prevalence of various infectious diseases in general population. Material and Methods: There is an observational study which was carried out among 2657 healthy blood donors from April 2018 to mid–January 2019 at blood bank AIIMS, Patna. Serum sample of donors were screened for HIV 1 & 2, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C viruses and Treponema pallidium (syphilis bacteria) using ELISA kits . Tests were performed according to standard manufacturer’s instructions. Blood samples labeled seropositive on repeat testing were discarded. Result: Out of 2657 donors, 106 were seropositive. The prevalence of seropositive donor was 4.3% among healthy person of which HBS 2.25 % (60), HCV 0.4% (11), HIV 0.4 % (11) and syphilis 0.94% (25). Conclusion: Notification of all seropositive cases should be followed by treatment modalities and strong and effective psychological mental interventions. Screening by nucleic acid test assay (NAT) is an option during incubation period. Biometric and universal identification by AADHAR should be mandatory to identify professional and missed out donor