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Medicas UIS
Print version ISSN 0121-0319
Abstract
DAZA BOLANO, Nelson; SANCHEZ JAIMES, Martha; VANEGAS ESTEVEZ, Thomas and ORTEGA HERNANDEZ, Ingrid. Prevalence of infections in blood donors at the Universidad Industrial de Santander versus parks at the city of Bucaramanga, 2014. Medicas UIS [online]. 2016, vol.29, n.3, pp.55-60. ISSN 0121-0319. https://doi.org/10.18273/revmed.v29n3-2016006.
Introduction:
the blood as a therapeutic resource is a useful tool in the clinical area. Despite careful donor selection and testing for serological screening, the risk of infection still exists, mainly due to window periods.
Objective:
to determine the prevalence of infections in blood donors in the facilities of the Industrial University of Santander against donors in parks around Bucaramanga in 2014.
Methods:
a cross-sectional study was held in which 3758 blood donation results were evaluated in recruitment campaigns executed in Plaza Cívica, Santander and San Pío parks in the metropolitan area of Bucaramanga. They were subsequently analyzed in the blood bank of the Hospital Universitario de Santander to determine the prevalence of infection transmission by blood transfusion. The infections analyzed in the study were: syphilis, Lymphotropic Virus Human T-cell, HIV, chagas, Hepatitis B and C.
Results:
78 positive cases of syphilis, 20 of Chagas, 81 of Hepatitis B, 13 of Hepatitis C, 6 of HIV, and 10 of HTLV were presented.
Conclusions:
a higher prevalence was determined in the parks compared to the UIS facilities, being the serological test for syphilis the most prevalent followed by Hepatitis B. MÉD.UIS. 2016;29(3):55-60.
Keywords : Prevalence; Blood Donors; Blood Transfusion..
