Open AccessIs it essential to inform the positive donor? A 2-year study in a tertiary care hospital
Author(s) -
Febe Renjitha Suman,
Rajagopal Krishnamoorthy,
Vinod Kumar Panicker,
S Alexander,
Shinobu Ida
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of natural science, biology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2229-7707
pISSN - 0976-9668
DOI - 10.4103/0976-9668.92330
Subject(s) - medicine , hbsag , transmission (telecommunications) , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , hepatitis b virus , blood bank , hepatitis b , family medicine , immunology , virus , emergency medicine , electrical engineering , engineering
In India, screening of blood for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) is mandatory before issue, but the donors are often not informed of their positive status.[1] The positive donors are always kept in dark. Is it essential to inform the positive donor? It is a debate still.