2014
DOI: 10.4314/gmj.v48i3.7
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Pre-donation screening of blood for transfusion transmissible infections: The gains and the pains - experience at a resource limited blood bank

Abstract: SUMMARYObjective: To determine whether or not pre-donation testing of blood donors affords substantial cost savings without compromise to blood transfusion safety. Predonation testing of blood donors for Transfusion Transmissible Infections (TTIs) is done in most developing countries because substantial cost savings are made from resources, materials and man-hours which would have been spent to procure infected blood units. Simple rapid test kits used in pre-donation testing is not as sensitive as the Enzyme L… Show more

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“…The blood donor HIV rate of 1.3% in 2010 was also less than 4.1% of the general population [25]. These rates are within the estimated values ranging between 1.0 % and 6 % reported from other regions of the country for blood donors [4,5,[9][10]. Marked differences in the prevalence among regions in Nigeria is due to cultural differences, varying level of education, religion, differing socio-economic structure.…”
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confidence: 49%
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“…The blood donor HIV rate of 1.3% in 2010 was also less than 4.1% of the general population [25]. These rates are within the estimated values ranging between 1.0 % and 6 % reported from other regions of the country for blood donors [4,5,[9][10]. Marked differences in the prevalence among regions in Nigeria is due to cultural differences, varying level of education, religion, differing socio-economic structure.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 49%
“…A prevalence of 0.8 to 6.0% has been reported among blood donors in Nigeria [4,5,8,9]. A prevalence of 4.4% was reported from a neighbouring country, Ghana and 1.8% for Libya and 0.11% for California, USA [20,35,36].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
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“…31,32 Cited costs of HIV, hepatitis B surface antigen, and HCV enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay are $5.7 $3.6, and $3.6/unit respectively; in contrast, corresponding RDTs cost $0.62, $0.50, and $0.40/unit. 33 The cited costs do not factor in the purchasing power parity; that is, $5.7 in Nigeria is the equivalent of $97.38 in the United States. 34 Namibia introduced NAT in 2004, contracting the South African Nation Blood Service for a fee.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…For example, transmission through blood transfusion despite the high odds, but in fact such cases are very rare, because of transmission through blood transfusion can be controlled through the process of screening blood donors beforehand calor (John, 2011). If found blood containing the HIV virus during the screening process, then the blood will not be used for blood transfusions (Chaurasia et al, 2014;Shitu et al, 2014). Instead, transmission through the razor is still a serious concern for everyone.…”
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confidence: 99%