Journal of Blood Disorders & Transfusion

Mahuro GM

Publications

• Research Article
  Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B, Hepatits C, Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Syphilis in Donated Blood in Kenya, 2016: Situation Analysis
  Author(s): Mahuro GM, Gichangi PB, Mwangi CW and Kipkorir NMahuro GM, Gichangi PB, Mwangi CW and Kipkorir N
  
  Background and Objective: Blood transfusion is a prevalent life-saving intervention that replaces blood or blood-products lost in severe malnutrition, infections, during surgical procedures, obstetrical emergencies and blood disorders or trauma. Transfusion of infected blood remains a public health concern. With all interventions aimed at reducing transfusion transmissible infections (TTIs), it’s imperative to review the Kenyan current situation. This presents TTIs prevalence among volunteer blood donors in Kenya 2016, and, relationship between volunteer blood donors’ health and risk characteristics and TTIs in donated blood. Materials and Methods: This adopts cross-sectional design for data collected for ten months in 2016. Only 17.8% of 20,230 volunteer blood donors recruited through mobile phone application, text for life (T4L), whose blood test results were uploaded in.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9864.1000390

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