Reviews
Year : 2015 Month : October Volume : 4 Issue : 4 Page : 77 - 82 Full Version

Transfusion Transmitted Infection-An Update in India
Suryatapa Saha, Prakash H Muddegowda, Thami lselvi Ramachandran, M. Joshua Daniel Jeyakumar, Pooji tha Datla
1. Post Graduate, Department of Immunohaematology and Transfusion Medicine ,Vinayaka Missions Kirupananda Variyar Medical College and Hospital,Salem,Tamil Nadu, India. 2. Associate Professor, Department of Immunohaematology and Transfusion Medicine, Vinayaka Missions Kirupananda Variyar Medical College and Hospital,Salem,Tamil Nadu, India. 3. Professor and Head of Department, Department of Pathology, Vinayaka Missions Kirupananda Variyar Medical College and Hospital, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India. 4. Associate Professor, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College, Poducherry, India. 5. Post Graduate, Department of Immunohaematology and Transfusion Medicine,Vinayaka Missions Kirupananda Variyar Medical College and Hospital, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India.
 
Correspondence Address :
Suryatapa Saha, Prakash H Muddegowda, Thami lselvi Ramachandran, M. Joshua Daniel Jeyakumar, Pooji tha Datla,
Dr. Prakash H Muddegowda,
Department of Immunohaematology and Transfusion
Medicine, VMKV Medical College, Salem, Tamil Nadu,
India.
E-mail: medicoprakash@gmail.com
 
ABSTRACT
: Transfusion transmitted infections (TTI) are a major problem associated with blood transfusion. Although the risk of transfusion-transmitted infections is lower than ever, the supply of blood products remains subject to contamination with known and yet to be identified pathogens. Only proper donor screening, sensitive screening tests and effective inactivation procedures can ensure the reduction and risk of acquiring transfusion transmitted infections. This review, thus addresses the changes that lead to the decreasing prevalence of transfusion transmitted infection in India and also the future strategies to be adopted to eliminate the risk of new inborne pathogens in India.
Keywords : Blood transfusion, Donor screening, Screening test, Inactivation procedures
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