Abstract

Blood transfusion and its components is one of the most essential procedures in health care delivery system. Transfusion transmitted infections (TTIs) remain a major concern to patients, physicians and policy makers. Syphilis is an infectious disease caused by Treponema pallidum (T. pallidum). Unprotected sexual contact and transplacental spread during pregnancy are its main spreading ways. It is one of the mandatory serologically tested transfusion-transmitted infections (TTI) recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO)(1).Assam being a state of the North East region of India has always been an endemic region for Malaria. Methods: The present study was carried out at the State of the Art Blood Centre under the department of Pathology, Assam Medical College and Hospital, Assam, India, retrospectively from April, 2022 to March, 2023 over a period of 1 year. All blood donors who donated blood at this hospital during the study period were included in this study. At our centre Rapid kit tests was used for detection of syphilis and malaria. Results: Among the 28792 blood donors, 221 (0.76%) donors were positive for Syphilis/VDRL by rapid card test and Malarial positivity was 0%. Conclusion: The knowledge of the prevalence of different TTIs is essential to ensure better blood safety practices. Evaluation of the trends in these data also helps to take timely interventions which is an integral component of hemovigilance.

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