Negash, Markos
Ayalew, Moges
Geremew, Demeke
Workineh, Meseret
Article History
Received: 30 April 2018
Accepted: 30 April 2019
First Online: 16 May 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was ethically cleared by the ethics review committee of the School of Biomedical and Laboratory Sciences, University of Gondar and Debre Tabor hospital. Participation was voluntary and informed verbal consent was taken from all participants before inclusion to the study. Initially, participants were briefly explained about the objectives of the study, and on voluntary participation and the right to withdraw at any stage of the study using their local language. Participants were then asked if they understood what has been explained to them. Written consent wasn’t acquired because all the participants were recruited from Debre Tabor blood bank department where all the participants were donating blood for transfusion. The additional soci-odemographic data collection was a non-invasive procedure with no risk associated to it. Therefore, considering all these facts only verbal agreement was acquired to be included in the study.Voluntary blood donors who were diagnosed as positive to either of HIV, HBV, and HCV were immediately linked to the medical outpatient department and voluntary counseling and testing center (VCT) of Debretabor hospital for appropriate treatment and follow up.
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