Table 2.
Transfusion-related adverse reactions confirmed by the national recipient-triggered traceback system
| Year | HIV | HCV | HBV | Malaria | Others | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987–1996 | 10* | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 10 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | 4 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | - | 4 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | 4 |
| 2000 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | 8 |
| 2001 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | - | 13 |
| 2002 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | 8 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 |
| 2006–2013 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 16 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 14† | 76 |
*HIV confirmed in patients through transfusion: 1987, one case; 1988, one case; 1989, three cases; 1991’, two cases; 1992, two cases; 1993, 1 case; †transfusion-related acute lung injury (five cases), acute hemolytic transfusion reaction (four cases), sepsis (bacterial contamination in platelets, three cases), anaphylaxis (one case), suspected hepatitis A virus infection (one case).
Abbreviations: HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus; HBV, hepatitis B virus.