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Sero epidemiology of hepatitis C in blood donors- 5 yrs study from gandhi hospital blood bank

MRIMS Journal of Health Sciences, 2014
Background: Transmissible infections such as HIV, Hepatitis and Syphilis are greatest threat to blood safety for the transfusion recipients. Infection with Hepatitis C virus [HCV] causes Hepatitis, Cirrhosis and Hepatocellular carcinoma.
P Jijiya Bai, V Geeta, B Bheeshma, G Sreenivas, O Shravan Kumar   +4 more
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Application of internet and information technology in recruitment of safe blood donors. [PDF]

, 2008
The present study focuses on the role of information technology in blood safety policies. In order to reach to higher levels of blood safety we have to put our maximum force in the recruitment of safe blood donors via public education.
Abd Latiff, Latiffah, Hanachi, Parichehr, Jalalian, Mehrdad M., Othman, Mohamed Baharudin, Syed Hassan, Syed Tajuddin   +4 more
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Application of information technology may increase the efficacy of Confidential Unit Exclusion (CUE) in blood donors

Electronic Physician, 2013
Confidential Unit Exclusion (CUE) refers to a procedure by which a blood donor designates confidentially whether his or her blood might not be safe for transfusion.
Mehrdad Jalalian, Hamidreza Mahboobi
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Demographic difference and influencing factors of motivations between whole blood and plasmapheresis donors: a comparative study

Zhongguo shuxue zazhi, 2023
Objective To explore the difference of demographics and influencing factors of motivations between whole blood donors and plasmapheresis donors, so as to provide scientific reference for effective recruitment strategy.
Guanglin XIAO, Qiongshu WEI, Ya WANG, Xiaojun MA, Yong WANG, Jing HUANG, Shouqiang YANG, Peizhe ZHAO   +7 more
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Effect of a reduction in glomerular filtration rate after nephrectomy on arterial stiffness and central hemodynamics: rationale and design of the EARNEST study [PDF]

, 2014
Background: There is strong evidence of an association between chronic kidney disease (CKD) and cardiovascular disease. To date, however, proof that a reduction in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is a causative factor in cardiovascular disease is ...
Alam, Arena, Bahous, Benetos, Blacher, Blacher, Boudville, Briet, Charles J. Ferro, Charles R. Tomson, Chue, Chue, Daniel Zehnder, DeLoach, Doucende, Edwards, Eknoyan, Faul, Fehrman-Ekholm, Foley, Forbat, Frimodt-Moller, Garg, Go, Groenink, Grothues, Guerin, Hametner, Ian B. Wilkinson, Ibrahim, Jackson, John R. Cockcroft, Jonathan N. Townend, Kasiske, Krohn, Landray, Lang, Laurent, Laurie A. Tomlinson, Levey, Lewington, Luzardo, Maceira, Madero, Mafham, Mark, Martensson, Matsushita, Michels, Moody, Moody, Myerson, Nagueh, National Kidney Foundation, O'Brien, Patrick B. Mark, Richard P. Steeds, Rook, Rothwell, Savage, Schiffrin, Schiller, Segev, Tavakol, Townsend, Vickery, Wang, Wei, Weiss, Wiesmann, Wilkinson, William E. Moody, Yeon, Young   +73 more
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Motivational factors for blood donation, potential barriers, and knowledge about blood donation in first-time and repeat blood donors

BMC Hematology, 2018
BackgroundBlood transfusion is an essential component of the health care system of every country and patients who require blood transfusion service as part of the clinical management of their condition have the right to expect that sufficient and safe ...
Shamsudeen Mohammed, H. B. Essel
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Seroprevalence of transfusion-transmissible infections among blood donors at National Blood Transfusion Service, Eritrea: a seven-year retrospective study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
BackgroundBlood transfusion is associated with several risks particularly exposure to blood transfusion-transmissible infections (TTI), including: Hepatitis B virus (HBV), Hepatitis C virus (HCV), Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Syphilis, among ...
Nejat Siraj, O. Achila, J. Issac, Efrem Menghisteab, M. Haile-Mariam, Semere Hagos, Yosan Gebremeskel, D. Tesfamichael   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Definition of the upper reference limit of glycated albumin in blood donors from Italy [PDF]

, 2017
Glycated Albumin (GA) has been proposed as a short-term indicator of glycemic homeostasis. The aim of this study is to describe the distribution of GA in a large sample of blood donors from Italy to evaluate whether demographic features, namely age and ...
Agnello, Luisa, Bellia, Chiara, Bivona, Giulia, Ciaccio, Marcello, Cosma, Chiara, Plebani, Mario, Sasso, Bruna Lo, Zaninotto, Martina   +7 more
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Analyzing the blood bank service quality from Indian blood donors' perspective: An empirical evidence

Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2019
Objective: The objective of this study is to assess the levels of service quality provided by blood banks from blood donors' perspective and simultaneously judge the opinion of their satisfaction level based on SERVQUAL (service quality) variables ...
Shantanu Saha, Jayatee Bhattacharya
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High prevalence of anti-hepatitis e virus antibodies among blood donors in central Italy, february to march 2014 [PDF]

, 2016
Prevalence of anti-hepatitis E virus (HEV) antibodies is highly variable in developed countries, which seems partly due to differences in assay sensitivity.
Bruni, R., Chionne, P., Ciccaglione, A. R., Dell’Orso, L., La Rosa, G. L., Lucarelli, C., Madonna, E., Marcantonio, C., Pezzotti, P., PISANI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA, Ragone, K., Spada, E, TALIANI, Gloria, Tomei, C.   +13 more
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