Aims: The study aimed at determining the epidemiological feature and burden of infectious markers among asymptomatic adult population in Koforidua. Methods: This is a hospital-based retrospective conducted Eastern Regional Hospital comprised review secondary data prospective blood donors who visited facility bank from January 2015 to December 2020. Archived 22,648 comprising gender, age, reside...

BACKGROUND Assuring safety and survival of blood in vitro depends on anti-coagulation substances, blood bag characteristics, storage conditions, and transport of blood. Besides, careful selection and screening of donors as well as blood tests can minimize the transmission risk of blood-transmissible pathogens and optimize blood health. The aim of this study was to assay the level of knowledge a...

Blood transfusions remain common practice in the critical care and surgical settings. Transfusions carry significant risks, including risks for transmission of infectious agents and immune suppression. Transmission of bacterial infections, although rare, is the most common adverse event with transfusion. The risk for transmission of viral infections has decreased over time, clearly because test...

Background: Blood transfusion saves lives, but it is associated with many complications which include transmissible infections (TTIs). The major objectives of this study were to determine; the prevalence TTIs in blood donated at Asokoro District Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria from 01 January 31 December 2019; investigate accuracy rapid immunochromatographic (ICT) tests for preliminary screening donor...