Prevalenca hepatitisov A in B pri krvodajalcih z anamnezo zlatenice
Prevalence of hepatitis A and B among blood donors with history of jaundice

slovenian

2004

volume 73, issue 4

Slovensko zdravniško društvo
(Obvezni izvod spletne publikacije)

Background. Preventing transmission of infectious disease through blood transfusion presents one of the greatest challenges of transfusion medicine. All donations are monitored for syphilis since 1960, hepatitis B (HBsAg) since1970, aids (anti HIV) since 1986 and hepatitis C (anti-HCV) since 1993. Methods. Data on donors were found in the Datec computer program which is commonly used in all transfusion institutions in Slovenia. Results. Among 43,000 registered donors, 764 (1.78%) had a history of hepatitis. After testing, we found 666 of them positive (87.2%) for hepatitis A or B antibodies. 654 (85.6%) donors had hepatitis A antibodies and 98 (12.8%) had anti-HBc antibodies. Among these 98, 30 donors (30.6%) had no anti-HBs antibodies. 86 donors (11%) had antibodies against hepatitis A and B. Conclusions. After additional testing of donors for hepatitis B antibodies, we excluded 30 (0.069%) HBsAg negative, anti-HBc positive and anti-HBs negative donors with history of hepatitis.

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