Blood transfusion is a salutary practice in modern
medicine, but it carries a high risk of transmission of transfusion transmitted
infections (TTIs), especially in developing
countries. The objective of this study is to determine the seroprevalence
of viral hepatitis B among blood donors. This is a retrospective and descriptive
cross-sectional study of the period from 2014 to 2016 at the Katele Health Reference
Center (Moba, DR. Congo). We investigated HBsAg in blood donors by using
Determine HBSAg. 1145 blood donors with an age mean of 30.6 ± 6.9 years and
predominantly male (62.5%) were retained. The seroprevalence of hepatitis B
infection from 2014 to 2016 was 3.9% (0.3% for 2014, 9.4% for 2015 and 0.7% for
2016). The family blood donors (83.2%) were the only carriers of HBsAg and were
significantly associated with hepatitis B infection (p < 0.05). Age [OR =
0.70 CI 95% 0.34-1.44; p 0.338] and sex [OR = 0.72 95% CI 0.27-1.97; p
0.529] were not associated with the occurrence of hepatitis B in blood donors. The
risk of transmission of HBV during transfusion remains high. We recommend the
strengthening of transfusion safety measures, the abandonment of family donors
for regular voluntary donors, the improvement of screening and diagnostic
tests, the involvement of the national blood transfusion program in
epidemiological surveillance and the mobilization of the population in favor of
the fight against hepatitis B.
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