The Use of Screening Algorithm to Defer Blood Donors with Subclinical Malaria.

ABSTRACT: Plasmodium falciparum infection in blood donors is common in malaria endemic countries, including Ghana. To date, there are no established exclusion criteria to defer a donor carrying malaria parasites. Therefore, based on significant independent variables identified in this study, donor malaria screening algorithm was developed to be used by blood banks to screen blood donors for subclinical malaria. Each significant variable was weighted one (1) point and its alternative response was weighted negative one (-1) point. Accumulation of the points determines the risk level of the donor. These weighted points were used to categorize infected donors as having negligible (<2 points), tolerable (3-4 points), undesirable (5-8 points), or intolerable (>9 points) risk. Based on accumulated w

SUBMITTER: Acheampong DO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8380175 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature