Assessment of the Pre-donation Hemoglobin Level at the Yamoussoukro Blood Donation Center in Cote d'Ivoire | Chapter 3 | Novel Research Aspects in Medicine and Medical Science Vol. 8

 The aim concerning this chapter search out make an assessment of the pre-gift capillary red body fluid dosage for the year 2020 of the established collection, of the Blood Donation Center of Yamoussoukro. Blood Donation is a healing act that consists in bestowing blood or one of allure derivatives captured from a healthy subject called the backer to a sick subject named the recipient.Despite the betterings made in Côte d'Ivoire in terms of transference safety, more work has expected done, notably in agreements of the medical collection of blood benefactors. This is a retrospective study was conducted at the Yamoussoukro Blood Donation Center. The dossier collection worried all old and new blood patrons deemed appropriate for the established collection of the old age 2020.The findings showed that of the 1160 ancestry donors, the pre-gift hemoglobin level was not measured in 787 (67.8%) matters of either sex. Among the matters whose pre-donation red body fluid levels were measured, 97 (26%) blood contributors including 15 female and 82 male had inferior hemoglobin levels. The study concluded that Pre-gift hemoglobin experiment of blood benefactors is effective in Yamoussoukro. However, efforts must stop living to improve the kind of blood obtained and to care for blood patrons.

Author(s) Details:

Renaude Janine Amon Boukalo,
National Center for Blood Transfusion, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

Guillaume Zaminan,
National Institute of Public Hygiene, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

Martial Bama,
National Institute of Public Hygiene, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

Saydou Kaboré,
National Center for Blood Transfusion, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

Sidonie Gooré Kouamenan,
National Center for Blood Transfusion, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

Issaka Tiembré,
National Institute of Public Hygiene, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

Jean-Jacques Dadié Bosso,
Blood Transfusion Center, Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire.

Sekongo Yassongui Mamadou,
National Center for Blood Transfusion, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

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HIV Threat: A Challenge Yet to Overcome for Safe Blood Transfusion | Chapter 16 | Highlights on Medicine and Medical Science Vol. 13

 For the past four decades, the Human Immune Deficiency Virus has been able to threaten the human population all across the world. An alarming number of individuals are living with HIV/AIDS today, and a large number of people are becoming infected each year. Despite the fact that global statistics show a gradual drop in the number of HIV-positive people since 2010, the numbers are nonetheless scary enough to send shivers down the human race's spine. Among the various forms of HIV transmission, blood transfusion is one of the most common ways for people to become infected. Several factors influence the risk of HIV infection from blood transfusion. As a result, proper and effective blood screening is required. The importance of unpaid and voluntary blood donation services should be emphasised. To reduce the spread of HIV infection through blood transfusion, uttermost vigilance and more effective advanced screening techniques, as well as training and orientation of counsellors, are required.

Author (S) Details

Leena Talukdar
Department of Pathology (Blood Bank) Gauhati Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati- 781032, India.

Usha Sarma
Department of Pathology (Blood Bank) Gauhati Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati- 781032, India.

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