HEPATITIS B AND HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS B AND HEPATITIS C FREQUENCY OF HEPATITIS B AND C AMONG BLOOD DONORS REPORTING AT BLOOD BANK OF IBNE-SIENA HOSPITAL MULTAN, PAKISTAN.

Billah, Mustansar; Shah, Syed Muhammad Raza; Hashir, Muhammad Mujtaba

Objectives: To determine the frequency of HBV and HCV among blood donors coming voluntarily at the blood bank of Ibne-Siena hospital and research centre, Multan, Pakistan, to ascertain the disease burden in the community for their future prevention and control. Study Design: It was a descriptive, cross-sectional study on blood units donated by healthy individuals coming voluntarily for blood donation, and willing to get their blood tested for HBV, HCV. Setting: Community medicine department of Multan medical and dental college Multan, and blood bank of affiliated tertiary hospital, Ibn-e-Siena hospital Multan. Period: Six months period from Jan 2016 to June 2016. Materials and Methods: Data of the blood donors was collected. Present study was based on previous well maintained records of hospital blood bank. During the reported period, a total of 1195 blood donors attended the blood bank, and they all were screened for HBsAg and anti-HCV. SPSS-16 was used to analyze the data, for determination of frequencies of Hepatitis-B, and C according to the age and gender. Results: Total numbers of blood donors were 1195. 1191 were males, and 4 were females. All the females were negative for both HBV, and HCV. Males positive for HBV were 18 (1.5 %), and those Positive for HCV were 27 (3.2%).

HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C

Professional Medical Journal, 2018, Vol 25, Issue 8, p1245

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Academic Journal

10.29309/tpmj/2018.25.08.88