Journal of Blood Disorders & Transfusion

Department of Medical Laboratory, Hossana Health Science College, Ethiopia

Biography

Aster Tsegaye is the Empowering women scientists in Ethiopia. she is the One of the grantees from TDR’s women in science initiative. Several years ago, Tsegaye, now an associate professor of immunology at Medical Laboratory School in the College of Health Sciences at Addis Ababa University and a Fellow of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences, decided to do something to stem that leak. With the initiation and support from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), she helped found the Society of Ethiopian Women in Science and Technology, or SEWiST.

Publications

• Research   
  The Level of False Pass and Fail among Prospective Blood Donors as Screened by Copper Sulphate Gravimetric Method at Hossana Blood Bank, Hossana, South Ethiopia
  Author(s): Guracha E, Tsegaye A and Negash M*
  
  Background: Copper sulphate (CuSO4) gravimetric haemoglobin screening method has been found to erroneously include anaemic people while excluding eligible ones. Determining the rate of false deferral and false pass of prospective blood donors by this obsolete test, the routine screening method in the blood banks of Ethiopia, is the focus of this study. Methods: In this cross- sectional study capillary and venous blood samples from 422 voluntary donors at Hossana blood bank was analyzed by copper sulphate gravimetric test and automated hematology analyzer. Data was entered in Epi-Data 3.1 and analyzed by SPSS 20. P value less than 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Agreement between the two methods was determined using the Kappa coefficient. Results: Overall deferral rate by the reference method was 2.. View more»
  

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