Journal of Isfahan Medical School

Journal of Isfahan Medical School

Comparing the Blood Safety on the Blood Donors within the Reli-gious Ceremonies and Routine Conditions

Document Type : Original Article(s)

Authors
Hassan Salehi 1
Marzieh Salehi 2
Mohsen Khish Ardestani 2
Farzin Khorvash 3
Kamyar Mostafavi zadeh 3
1 Professor, Department of Infectios Diseases, School of Medicine, Isfahan Uiversity of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
2 Medical Student, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Infectios Diseases, School of Medicine, Isfahan Uiversity of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Abstract
Background: This stydy aimed to compare the blood safety according to viral makers of hepatitis B and C and AIDS, on the blood donors within the religious ceremonies and routine conditions.Methods: In this retrospective research, 4808 blood samples of two groups of donors, routine donors and the religious ceremony donors, was evaluated for HBsAg, HIV Ab, and HCV Ab viral markers.Finding: The HBs Ag prevalence in the religious ceremony donors significantly was less than the routine conditions, but there was no statistical different in HCV Ab prevalence. Also there was not any report of positive HIV antibody and there was no significant different between the two groups of donors in summation of HIV Ab, HCV Ab and HBs Ag markers.Conclusion: The two groups of this study, routine conditions donors and religious ceremonic donors, had same conditions in safety of blood.
Keywords
Blood donors
Blood safety
AIDS
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Religious ceremonies
Viral markers
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Journal of Isfahan Medical School
Volume 28, Issue 122 - Serial Number 122
November and December 2011
Pages 1774-1780

  • Receive Date 28 March 2011
  • Accept Date 06 April 2022