?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Blood+Transfusions%3A+Are+They+Life+Saving+or+Transfusing+Infections%3F&rft.creator=Amrutha+Kumari%2C+B&rft.creator=Deepa%2C+S&rft.creator=Venkatesha%2C+D&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Introduction%3A+There+is+a+risk+of+1+-+2+per+1000+recipients+receiving+contaminated+blood+with+viral%2C+bacterial+and+parasitic+agents.TTI%E2%80%99S+are+the+most+commonly+encountered+complications+in+transfusion+medicine.+The+objective+of+the+study+was+to+determine+the+seroprevalence+of+TTI%E2%80%99s+among+blood+donors%2C+who+represent+healthy+population+at+large.+Materials+%26+methods%3A+A+total+of+33%2C658+blood+units+were+received+from+voluntary+and+replacement+donors+over+a+period+of+5+years.+Surface+antigen+of+HBV+and+antibodies+to+HIV+and+HCV+were+determined+using+ELISA.+Syphilis+was+detected+using+TPHA+test.+Results%3A+947+(2.81%25)+blood+units+tested+positive+for+HBV%2C+HCV%2C+HIV+and+%2F+or+syphilis.+Overall+prevalence+was+HBV+%E2%80%93+1.77%25%2C+HCV+%E2%80%93+0.13%25%2C+HIV+%E2%80%93+0.63%25+and+Syphilis+%E2%80%93+0.28%25.+Nine+(0.03%25)+donors+had+coinfections.+Conclusion%3A+The+screening+of+blood+donors+is+the+corner+stone+in+assuring+the+safety+of+blood+transfusion.&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2011-07-30&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7963%2F1%2F2011-2-7.pdf&rft.identifier=++Amrutha+Kumari%2C+B+and+Deepa%2C+S+and+Venkatesha%2C+D++(2011)+Blood+Transfusions%3A+Are+They+Life+Saving+or+Transfusing+Infections%3F++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7963%2F