Blood safety & prevalence of transfussion transmissible viral infections among donors at the Red Cross Blood Bank in Gondar University Hospital.

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Blood safety & prevalence of transfussion transmissible viral infections among donors at the Red Cross Blood Bank in Gondar University Hospital.

Ermias Diro,Shitaye Alemu,Asfawesen G Yohannes-2008-01-01-PubMed

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The prevalence of TTIs among blood donors is very high. The majorities of blood donors are replacement or paid donors with one or more of the risk factors for TTIs implying that blood transfusion is unsafe. These findings call for the urgent implementation of the national strategy for safe blood transfusion in Ethiopia. As the utilization of advanced technology and skilled-personnel-based screening of blood are not in the immediate horizon, establishing stringent selection criteria of donors and setting clinical indications for transfusion would be indispensable and cost-effective interventions to minimize the risk of TTIs to blood recipients in Ethiopia.

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The prevalence of TTIs among blood donors is very high. The majorities of blood donors are replacement or paid donors with one or more of the risk factors for TTIs implying that blood transfusion is unsafe. These findings call for the urgent implementation of the national strategy for safe blood transfusion in Ethiopia. As the utilization of advanced technology and skilled-personnel-based screening of blood are not in the immediate horizon, establishing stringent selection criteria of donors and setting clinical indications for transfusion would be indispensable and cost-effective interventions to minimize the risk of TTIs to blood recipients in Ethiopia.

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MedicineHBsAgBlood transfusionCross-sectional studyPhlebotomyUnivariate analysisHepatitis BHepatitis C

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