Saudi Journal of Medicine (SJM)
Volume-4 | Issue-02 | 162-163
Original Research Article
A Survey of Transfusion Transmitted Diseases among Blood Donors in Blood Bank, Government Royapettah Hospital, Chennai
Duraisamy K, Vimala Devi Vidya G
Published : Feb. 28, 2019
Abstract
Blood Transfusion is a life saving procedure but it involves the risk of transmission of certain diseases like HIV, HBV, HCV, Syphilis and Malaria. So, the donated blood is screened in the blood bank for the above diseases. A survey of the reactivity of the above disease was done at Government Royapettah Hospital for the years 2014 to 2018