Seroprevalence and Trends in Transfusion Transmitted Infections among Blood Donors in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Kashmir: A Hospital Based Study

Life is blood. Millions of lives are saved each year globally through the use of transfusions of blood and blood components, which also lower morbidity. Blood transfusions are known to cause a wide range of consequences, some of which are minor while others could be fatal, necessitating rigorous pretransfusion testing and screening, especially for Transfusion Transmissible Infections (TTI). The security of blood is under risk from these TTI. Therefore, ensuring the security, sufficiency, accessibility and effectiveness of the blood supply at all levels is the primary goal of BTS.