TY - JOUR T1 - The evaluation the efficiency of Confidential self-exclusion system in blood donors in Kurdistan province from 1390 to 1392 TT - بررسی کارایی سیستم خود حذفی محرمانه در اهدا کنندگان خون استان کردستان از سال 1390 تا 1392 JF - muk-zanko JO - muk-zanko VL - 16 IS - 48 UR - http://zanko.muk.ac.ir/article-1-70-en.html Y1 - 2015 SP - 53 EP - 57 KW - self exclusion KW - Blood donation KW - Kurdistan province. N2 - Background: The purpose of Blood Transfusion Organization is preparation of safe blood and blood products. Confidential Self exclusion system as a screening method which the donors can exclude their donated blood because they think it has the risk factor for the transmission of infection diseases. This study assessed the efficacy of Self Exclusion System on diagnosis of Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV among the blood donors in Kurdistan Province in the two years. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out using serologic results of donors who used confidential self exclusion compared with usual donors. The information was obtained from the data bank of Kurdistan blood transfusion blood transfusion center from March 2011 to March 2013. Data analysis was performed using Chi-square test by SPSS 12 statistical software. Results: Self exclusion was chosen in 740(1%) of 73841 donations, the prevalence of Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV in CSE donors were significantly higher than usual donors ( 0.13%, 0.94% and 0.94% compared whit 0.42%, 0.1% and 0.01% Respectively) Conclusion: The results obtained from this study showed that self exclusion used in blood bank was effective in reducing the transmission of infectious disease through window-period units. Therefore this method improved blood donation safety. M3 ER -