Abstract :
Objective: The comparison of the Hepatitis B prevalence, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C in a
voluntary replacement and non-remunerated donors in Allied Hospital Faisalabad Blood Transfusion Services. The
research was completed in the period of 14 months from January 2016 to February 2017.
Setting: The setting of the research was the tertiary healthcare Blood transfusion service in the adjoining area of
Punjab.
Method: We enrolled 3430 blood donors; among these donors 3187 pints were replacement donors (92.9%) and
243 pints (7.1%) were voluntary non-remunerated. Both the groups were screened for the hepatitis B surface
antigen (HBsAg), HIV1/2 antibody and hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody with the help of an automated random
access AXSYM that utilized the technology (MEIA).
Results: HBsAg prevalence, HIV 1/2 antibody and HCV antibody in replacement donors (3187) was respectively
observed as 2.51%, 0.25% and 5.14%. In the 243 voluntary non-remunerated donors of blood the same prevalence
was observed as 0.82%, zero % and 2.46% respectively.
Conclusion: HBsAg, HIV antibody and HCV antibody prevalence were less in the voluntary non-remunerated blood
donors when compared with the donors of replacement. The major source of blood in Pakistan is replacement
donors, we need to shift to the voluntary non-remunerated blood donors. The safe blood in Pakistan can be achieved
through this way in the prevalent circumstances of Pakistan.
Key Words: Hepatitis B, Blood donors, Hepatitis C and HIV.
Keyword :
Hepatitis B, Blood donors, Hepatitis C and HIV.