Table 6.
Serological Methods Used for TTIs Tests by Blood Banks, Sana’a Capital, Yemen, 2016.
| Indicator | Public blood banks |
Private blood bank |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Blood Transfusion and Research Center | National Center of Public Health Laboratories | Kuwait University Blood Bank | University of Sciences and Technology Blood Bank | |
| Perform TTIs by ELISA | ||||
| HBsAg | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| HBc | Yes | No | No | No |
| HCV | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| HIV | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Rapid test method | ||||
| Syphilis | Yes | ELISA | No | Yes |
| Malaria | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| NAT method of TTIs | No | No | No | No |
| Repeat reactive TTIs samples testing | Yes | No | No | No |
| Counseling or referral system of reactive donors | No | No | No | No |
Note. TTIs = transfusion-transmitted infections; HBsAg = hepatitis B surface antigen; HBc = hepatitis B core; HCV = hepatitis C virus; NAT = nucleic acid test.