Analysis of the profile of blood donors in a blood bank of a private medical college of Kolkata

Authors

  • Debdutta Haldar Department of Community Medicine, KPC Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
  • Kunal Kanti Majumdar Department of Community Medicine, KPC Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
  • Shilpa Karir Department of Community Medicine, VSS Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Burla, Orissa India
  • Arun Kumar Chakraborty Department of Community Medicine, KPC Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
  • Ankita Dey Department of Community Medicine, KPC Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
  • Asok Kumar Mandal Department of Community Medicine, KPC Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174271

Keywords:

Blood donors, Transfusion transmitted infections, Blood bank

Abstract

Background: Blood is the only oxygen transporter in the body and is crucial in saving lives. Research has failed to find a true substitute for blood and blood components and depends on human donors. There are several infectious and non-infectious risks associated with transfusion. An unsafe transfusion is very costly from both human and economic points of view. In that perspective the present study is aimed to assess the profile of blood donors. The objectives of the study were to assess the profile of blood donors as per records of Blood Bank of a private medical college of Kolkata and to find out the prevalence and trends of transfusion transmitted infections among those donors.

Methods: A record based cross sectional study was conducted for the period May 2013 to April 2016 at Blood Bank of a private medical college and information regarding 5383 blood donor’s profile were collected and analysed.

Results: The total donors were found to be 5383 out of which (87.72%) were voluntary donors and (12.28%) replacement donors. The donors had a male predominance (79.84%). The most available blood group was B+ (49.42%) and the least available blood group was A- (0.38%). The commonest transfusion transmitted infection was Hepatitis B (1.11%) followed by Hepatitis C (0.28%) and HIV (0.21%). The transfusion transmitted infections (TTI) shows a decreasing trend over the 3 years.

Conclusions: The voluntary donors have increased over the 3 years but there is always a male predominance. The pattern of TTIs in the blood bank depicts the national trend too. 

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Sunderam S, Karir S, Haider S, Singh S, Kiran A. Sero-Prevalence of Transfusion Transmitted Infections among Blood Donors at Blood Bank of Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi. Healthline J. 2015;6:1:36-40.

Dutta S, Sinha D, Chatterjee S, Basu M, Misra RN. Profile and awareness of blood donors: A study in Blood Bank of a tertiary care hospital of Kolkata. IJPSR. 2016;7(9):3881-6.

State Bureau of Health Intelligence: Demographic features; Health on the March 2012-13; Directorate of Health Services, Government of West Bengal; 2014: 150.

Radhiga ST, Arumugam P, Kalpana S, Natarajan MV. Patterns of Transfusion Transmitted Infection in Past Ten Years Among Voluntary Blood Donors In Chennai-A CrossSectional Study. IOSR J Pharm Biol Sci. 2012:2(1);1-4.

Jharkhand State News. Available at: http://www. jharkhandstatenews.com/prostitution-viamigration-behind-spread-of-aids-in-jharkhand. Accessed on 3 June 2017.

Singh B, Verma M, Kotru M, Verma K, Batra M. Prevalence of HIV and VDRL seropositivity in blood donors of Delhi. Indian J Med Res. 2005;122:234–6.

Kakkar N, Kaur R, Dhanoa J. Voluntary donors–need for a second look. Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2004;47:381–3.

Pahuja S, Sharma M, Baitha B, Jain M. Prevalence and trends of markers of hepatitis C virus, hepatitis B virus and human immunodeficiency virus in Delhi blood donors. A hospital based study. Jpn J Inf Dis. 2007;60:389–91.

Chandra T, Kumar A, Gupta A. Prevalence of transfusion transmitted infections in blood donors: an Indian experience. Trop Doct. 2009;39:152–4.

Sawke N, Sawke GK, Chawla S. Seroprevalence Of Common Transfusion–Transmitted infections among Blood Donors at Bhanpur, Bhopal, M.P. from 2006–2008. Peoples J Sci Res. 2010;3(1):5-7.

Bhawani Y, Rao PR, Sudhakar V. Seroprevalence of transfusion transmissible infections among blood donors in a tertiary care hospital of Andhra Pradesh from. 2004–2009. Biol Med. 2010;2(4):45-8.

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2017-09-22

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Haldar, D., Majumdar, K. K., Karir, S., Chakraborty, A. K., Dey, A., & Mandal, A. K. (2017). Analysis of the profile of blood donors in a blood bank of a private medical college of Kolkata. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 4(10), 3899–3902. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174271

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