@article{Alom_Mondal_Tarafder_Sonia_Chowdhury_Islam_2019, title={Sero-prevalence of Transfusion Transmissible Infections among Voluntary Blood Donors of Khulna Medical College Hospital}, volume={46}, url={https://banglajol.info/index.php/BMJ/article/view/40212}, DOI={10.3329/bmj.v46i2.40212}, abstractNote={<p>Transfusion transmitted infections (TTI) are a great concern of safety for patients. Blood transfusion is a lifesaving procedure but always caries a potential risk of infections.The present study was designed to evaluate the prevalence of infectious disease markers and frequency in males and females of various age groups among healthy blood donors. A retrospective review of donor record over a period of 2 years between 2015 to2016 was done at the department of transfusion medicine Khulna medical college Hospital, Khulna, Bangladesh.Among the total 37,266 donors,358(0.96%) donors were infected and therefore not suitable for blood donations.HBV was found to be the most frequent infection with a total frequency of 0.72% followed by TP (0.20%), HCV (0.03%) and HIV (0.01%). None of the blood samples showed positivity for malarial parasite.Majority of the seropositive donors, (47.96%) were in the age group of 26 to 35 years followed by 29.47% in 18 to 25 years’ age group.</p> <p>Bangladesh Med J. 2017 May; 46 (2): 16-21</p>}, number={2}, journal={Bangladesh Medical Journal}, author={Alom, SM Tushar and Mondal, Kanak Jyoti and Tarafder, Shirin and Sonia, Farah Anjum and Chowdhury, Poritosh Kumar and Islam, Md Shoriful}, year={2019}, month={Feb.}, pages={16–21} }