Cost- analysis of malaria screening to identify transfusion transmissible malaria in Hawassa regional blood bank, Hawassa, Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Hassen, Fatuma (MPH, PhD candidate) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tsehay, Seblewongel | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-12-21T12:31:08Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-06T08:56:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-12-21T12:31:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-06T08:56:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-11 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Back ground: The transmission of malaria by blood transfusion is one of the first recorded incidents of transfusion-transmitted infection (TTI). To reduce the risk of transmission transmissible infection effective screening for the presence of the most common and dangerous transfusion transmissible pathogens should be practiced in transfusion centers. Blood transfusion services should therefore establish efficient systems to ensure that all donated blood is correctly screened for specific transfusion transmissible infection. Objective: To determine the magnitude of transfusion transmissible malaria and to compute the sum cost of screening blood donors for malaria in comparison to other transfusion transmissible infection in Hawassa regional blood bank, Hawassa, Ethiopia. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted from April-May 2018, blood samples of donors was screened for malaria using rapid diagnostic test method as well thick smear microscopy as confirmatory test. In addition to this the cost of malaria screening was calculated using activity based costing method.414 donors were included in the study and the donors were selected conveniently. Results: From the total number of 414 blood units collected 29 donors were positive for any of the TTI tested giving an overall positivity rate of 7%. 2(0.5%) of the donors were positive for malaria. 2 donors were deferred due to malaria symptom but both of them ware negative for malaria. The total cost of each test is $5.91 for HIV, $5.48HBV, $5.98 HCV and $5.62 Syphilis. The cost per test for malaria is $4.73 which is the least in comparison to the others and the cost to be added for malaria screening with marginal cost of $11,025.36 which is 4.58%. Conclusion: The overall prevalence of malaria during the study is 0.5% but in the other way the cost for malaria screening computed to be the least compared to other TTI screening and also the cost to be added for malaria screening is minor compared to the complication caused by transfusion transmissible malaria for non immune patients. So, screening of malaria in endemic countries is beneficial. More studies are needed to infer this recommendation to endemic places as routine practice. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/15266 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | cost-analysis, transfusion-transmitted infections, malaria, donor blood screening | en_US |
| dc.title | Cost- analysis of malaria screening to identify transfusion transmissible malaria in Hawassa regional blood bank, Hawassa, Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |