A Retrospective Analysis of Response rate of seroreactive Blood Donors after Notification and Counselling in a Tertiary care Hospital

Dr. E. Sabari Priya

Volume : IX, Issue : III, March - 2019

A Retrospective Analysis of Response rate of seroreactive Blood Donors after Notification and Counselling in a Tertiary care Hospital

Dr. E. Sabari Priya

Abstract :

BACKGROUND: In order to ensure safe supply of blood and blood products to transfusion recipients, blood donor screening and Transfusion transmitted infections testing have become more stringent all over the world. Notification and counselling of reactive blood donors is an effective method of curtailing Transfusion transmitted infections. AIM: To assess response rate and attitude of seroreactive donors towards donor notification and counselling MATERIALS AND METHODS: It was a retrospective study done in our department for a period of 2 years during which response rate of TTI reactive donors towards donor notification and counselling was analysed from reactive donor registry. RESULTS: During the study period of 2 years, there were 4768 blood donations, 73 of the donors were reactive for various TTIs as follows 51 for Hepatitis B (HBV),1 for Hepatitis C (HCV), 7 for Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV), 14 for Syphilis. Out of the 73 reactive donors only 41 (56.16%) could be contacted. Out of the contacted donors only 22 of them responded for counselling. Response rate was (53.66%) CONCLUSION: Donor notification and counselling is a very important tool to reduce TTIs. Universal guidelines and protocol must be framed and followed by every blood centre. Knowledge of response rate of TTI reactive donors will guide to frame guidelines to track non–responding donors who are the major threat to healthy donor pool.