Abstract
Blood transfusion is an important mode of transmission of infections to recipients. The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of transfusion-transmissible infections among blood donors. For this, a 9 years retrospective study, from January 2002 to December 2010 was conducted at the blood bank, G.G. Government Hospital & M.P.Shah Medical College, Jamnagar, Gujarat.. Donors were screened for seroprevalence of HIV, HBV, HCV and syphilis. A total of 1,07,560 donors were tested, out of which 33,491 (31%) were voluntary donors from camp. The seroprevalence of HIV was 0.3% in the donors. Decrease in sero-positivity when there is increase in number of donors from camp.. The low sero-positivity among donors is attributed to pre-donation counseling in donor selection. The seroprevalence of HBV, HCV and syphilis was 1.2%, 0.26% and 0.5% respectively in total donors.
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