Syphilis screening practices in blood transfusion facilities in Ghana

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue , 2016, Pages 90-94

  Sarkodie, Francis ^a,b   Hassall, Oliver ^b   Owusu Dabo, Ellis ^c,d   Owusu Ofori, Shirley ^a   Bates, Imelda ^b   Bygbjerg, Ib C ^e   Ansah, Justina Kordai ^f   Ullum, Henrik ^g  

^a KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^d KUMASI CENTRE FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Ghana)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f National Blood Transfusion Service   (Ghana)

^g NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Rapid diagnostic tests; Seroprevalence; Standard operating procedures; Transfusion facilities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FOLLOW UP; GHANA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCREENING TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; STANDARDIZATION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS RAPID TEST; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; GHANA; HUMANS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84956497233     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.12.020     Document Type: Article

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