Skin flora and bacterial contamination of diversion pouch and recovered platelet components in Moroccan blood donors.

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate bacterial reduction procedures used during whole-blood donations in Morocco.

Background: Bacterial contamination still poses serious challenges to blood safety, especially in countries with limited resources.

Methods: In the first part of this study, we analysed 233 swab samples taken from blood donors' antecubital fossa.

Mapping rare erythrocyte phenotypes in morocco: a tool to overcome transfusion challenges.

The aim of this research is to search for the distribution of blood groups in all the regions of Morocco. This study, done for the first time, aimed to provide the frequency of the Rhesus system and Kell (K) in more than 55000 blood donors from nine different regions around the country. In addition, the frequency of the Cellano, Duffy, Kidd, and MNS blood antigens was searched for 500 blood donors from the Rabat's region.

Hepatitis B in Moroccan blood donors: a decade trend of the HBsAg prevalence in a resources limited country.

Objectives: To calculate the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) reactive rate for 2011 blood donors (BD) across Morocco. In addition, to monitor the profile of donors bearing the HBsAg during 2000 and 2011, we calculated the percentage of the prevalence in both sexes, in different age groups and in first-time replacement and regular BD from the Rabat Regional Blood Transfusion Centre.

Background: Hepatitis B is a viral infection that spreads through blood and other biological fluids.