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High prevalence and poor linkage to care of transfusion transmitted infections among blood donors in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
Journal of Viral Hepatitis 2019 Februrary 4
Blood transfusion is one of the most commonly relied upon therapies in sub-Saharan Africa. Existing safeguards recommended include systematic screening for transfusion-transmitted infections and restricted voluntary non-remunerated blood donor selection. We report the transfusion-transmitted infection screening and notification practice at a large urban blood transfusion center in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. Between October 2016 and March 2017 anonymized records of all donors registered at the blood transfusion unit were accessed to retrospectively note demographic information, donor status, first-time status, transfusion-transmitted infection result and notification. 6,402 consecutive donors were screened for transfusion-transmitted infections; the majority were family/replacement blood donors (88.0%) and male (83.8%). Overall transfusion-transmitted infections prevalence was 8.4% (95% CI 7.8-9.1%), with hepatitis B being the most prevalent infection (4.1% (95% CI 3.6-4.6%)). transfusion-transmitted infections were more common in family/replacement blood donors (9.0% (95% CI 8.3-9.8%)) as compared to voluntary non-remunerated blood donor (4.1% (95% CI 2.8-5.7%)). A minority of infected-donors were notified of a positive result (8.5% (95% CI 6.3-11.2%)). Although transfusion-transmitted infections are more prevalent amongst family/replacement blood donors, overall risk of transfusion-transmitted infections across all groups is considerable. In addition, existing efforts to notify donors of a positive transfusion-transmitted infection are poor. Future policies must focus on improving linkage to care for newly diagnosed patients with transfusion-transmitted infections. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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