Prevalence and Factors Associated with transfusion-transmissible infections among blood donors in Arua regional blood bank, Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Blood transfusion services play a very key role in modern health care service delivery. About 118.5 million blood donations were collected globally in 2022. However, about 1.6 million units of blood are destroyed annually due to transfusion-transmissible infections (TTIs). There is a very high risk of TTIs through donated blood to recipients if safe transfusion practices are not observed. This study determined the prevalence and factors associated with TTIs among blood donors in Arua regional blood bank, Uganda.

Methods

This study was a retrospective cross-sectional design that involved a review of a random sample of 1370 blood donors registered between January 1st, 2018 and December 31st, 2019 at Arua regional blood bank, Uganda. Descriptive statistics were used

SUBMITTER: Cwinyaai N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11380187 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature