Transfusion transmitted infection amongst blood donors at a tertiary care teaching hospital of northeast india

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. A five years retrospective study was conducted at F.A.A. Medical College, Barpeta, Assam among voluntary and replacement donors from the 2011 to 2015. Donors were screened for prevalence of HIV, HBV, HCV, Malaria and syphilis. (A total of 18279 donors undergone screening test MP, RPR, HbsAg, HCV and HIV prior to collection. The voluntary donors count was 17048 (93.3%) compared to 1231 (6.7%) replacement donor. All the TTI’s prevalence rates were found to be significantly lower amongst voluntary blood donors compared to replacement blood donors. Prevalence of malaria were high given the fact that it is endemic in our area. There was no HCV case signifying the need of more sensitive kits in our population than the commonly employed rapid test. Rate of HIV infection in subject population was found to be lower than the national average. The voluntary donors can be considered safe compared to replacement donor.