Association of anti-HCV sero-prevalence with blood transfusion and practice of haemodialysis from multiple centres in patients on maintenance haemodialysis.

Objectives: To determine the frequency of anti-HCV in patients on maintenance haemodialysis (HD) and its association with history of blood transfusion and with the practice of HD from more than one center.

Methods: All the patients on maintenance HD at Bahria International hospital (BIH) Rawalpindi from March 2019 to May 2019 were included. Demographic details, history of blood transfusions and history of HD from any other center in addition to BIH, were recorded.