Blood donors awareness to know their blood group and prevalence of HIV,HBsAg and Anti HCV screening at Dharampura District Lahore

Background: from number of public health problemshepatitis b virus (hbv),hepatitis c virus (hcv) and thehuman immunodeficiency virus (hiv)are most important viral infections in donated blood which can be prevented by monitoring the prevalence of theseviral markers inblood donors. aim: this study was done for the awareness of lahori pakistani blood donors to know their blood group and screening prevalence for hiv,hbsag and antihcv place of study: sadiqui welfare clinic dharampura,district lahore duration of study: sevendays free camp from 1stmarch 2017 to 7thmarch2017 methods: blood group and screening for hiv,hbsag and anti hcv of 1084blood donors was done. results: out of 1084blood donors 92 (8.49 %)donors were found infected. 56(5.17%) were anti hcv positive,36 (3.32%) were hbsag positive and no donor was hiv positive.it is also interoperated that in 92 infected persons 22 were a+ve,30 were b+ve,24 were o+ve,14 were ab+ve,two was o-ve and none was a-,b- and ab-. conclusion: it is concluded that all blood donars should know their blood group andto prevent blood borne communicable diseases proper screening is mandatory.