INFECTION RATE OF HIV VIRUS HEPATITIS B VIRUS HEPATITIS C VIRUS AND SYPHILIS IN BLOOD DONATION OF HUA HIN HOSPITAL

Abstract

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND

                Blood safety includes recruitment and retention of low risk donors and efficiently screening for infectious markers in donated blood.

OBJECTIVE

Analysis factors associated with infectious rates of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and syphilis in blood donors at Hua Hin Hospital.

METHODS

                Retrospective descriptive studies on blood donation records were studied from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2016. The incidence of infectious markers in accordance with sex, age, occupation, donation status of blood donors and sites were analyzed. Factors associated with infection were identified by using Chi-sqare.

RESULTS

There were 8,741 separate blood donations consisting of 62.1% male, 37.9% female, first time donors 37.3%, repeated donors 62.7% and donated at a mobile unit 28.9%, in Hua Hin Hospital 71.1%. The infection rates were:  HIV virus 0.2%, Hepatitis B virus 1.4%, Hepatitis C virus 0.6% and Syphilis 0.6% . Male donors had higher levels of prevalence of all 4 markers than female (p < .001). Sex, age and occupation are statistically significant in difference (p <.001), but not significant in sites (p =.502). The higher infection rate of HIV, HBV and HCV was found in first time donors compared to repeat blood donors, The younger age group donors showed the lowest incidence of infections.

CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSION

The results of this study revealed that factors associated with infections in blood donors are gender, age, occupation, and number of blood donations.