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Project No. 37 (1994)The Prevalence <strong>of</strong> Hepatitis B Among Blood Bank Donors in Al-Ain MedicalDistrict Area - October 1994Student Authors: Hamad Al- GhaferiFaculty Supervisors: Dr. C. Oyejide, Dr. G. AbsoodAbstract:Objectives To determine the prevalence <strong>of</strong> hepatitis B infection among blood bankdonors in Al Ain medical district from the beginning <strong>of</strong> January to the end <strong>of</strong>September1994 <strong>and</strong> to relate this to the demographic characteristics <strong>and</strong> theoccurrence <strong>of</strong> other infections.Design A retrospective, descriptive design were applied in this study.Setting The blood bank <strong>of</strong> both Al Ain <strong>and</strong> Tawam hospitals were used.Methods Data was collected from both blood bank record books, information sheets,which include the age, sex, nationality <strong>and</strong> the blood group <strong>of</strong> these donors, <strong>and</strong>whether the donors have hepatitis B, HIV, RPR, ALT or hepatitis C.Results Of 1000 donors selected r<strong>and</strong>omly, only 2.5% were confirmed to be positivefor hepatitis B, all <strong>of</strong> them were males <strong>and</strong> most <strong>of</strong> them were Arabs which constitutes60.0% from the positively confirmed cases. The majority <strong>of</strong> them were in the agegroup from 20- 39 years old (68.0% <strong>of</strong> all the sample). Only 1.5% were found to bepositive for hepatitis C <strong>and</strong> only 0.7% were found to be positive for syphilis <strong>and</strong> therewas 0% for HIV <strong>and</strong> elevated ALT. Concerning the relation between both hepatitis B<strong>and</strong> hepatitis C <strong>and</strong> hepatitis <strong>and</strong> syphilis, it was showed, after applying the statisticaltests, that there was a relation between hepatitis B <strong>and</strong> syphilis <strong>and</strong> there was norelation between hepatitis B <strong>and</strong> hepatitis C.Conclusion Hepatitis B is a major health problem requiring preventive measures toensure adequate screening for the blood before providing it for patients, because itcan transmitted through blood transfusion, body secretions <strong>and</strong> excretions, saliva,semen <strong>and</strong> vaginal fluids have been shown to be infectious. So after we know the ratein our city, our aim is to design a program to find out these people <strong>and</strong> to preventanother problem from happening.
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