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BACKGROUND Blood transfusion is a life-saving measure used in the field of medicine. Transfusion medicine has great public health importance. The screening of transfusion transmitted infections is mandatory in blood donors for the safety of recipient. The National blood transfusion council has recommended voluntary non-remunerated blood donors. Aim-The present study was done to retrospectively analyse the prevalence of HIV infection in blood donors from RESULTSA total of 6982 blood donors were screened, of which 6881 (98.5%) were males and 101 (1.44%) were females. Replacement donations of 6770 (96.96%) represented the majority, whereas only 212 (3.03%) donations were from the voluntary donors. CONCLUSIONOur study showed the prevalence of HIV to be 0.071% in our tertiary care teaching hospital.

BACKGROUND FNAC provides an alternative to excision biopsy for lymph nodes and is an easy procedure for collection of material for cytomorphological and bacteriological examination. Aims and Objectives-To analyse the utility and diagnostic importance of FNAC in lymph node disease. To assess the cytomorphological features and incidence of various lymph nodes diseases on FNAC. To study the cytomorphological pattern of tuberculous lymphadenitis in the population in and around SIMS. To correlate the acid fast bacilli [AFB] positivity with cytomorphological patterns.

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