The Profile of Reactive Anti-HCV Examination Results Using The Cobas E601 Machine at Blood Donation Unit (BDU) of Indonesian Red Cross Surakarta City in 2020 and 2021

Abstract

Hepatitis C is an inflammatory disease of liver cells caused by Hepatitis C virus (HCV). Viruses that can cause acute and chronic hepatitis, ranging from mild levels lasting a few weeks to lifelong illness. This study aims to describe the results of the Anti-HCV examination using the Cobas E601 tool at Blood Donation Unit (BDU) of Indonesian Red Cross Surakarta City. Methods: This study used a quantitative descriptive study with a cross sectional design, the population and sample were 42 blood donors at BDD of Indonesian Red Cross Surakarta city in 2020-2021. This sampling technique used Total Sampling. Data collection using secondary data and processed using Microsoft Excel. The number of donors who are reactive Anti-HCV are 42 donors and are divided into several categories, namely: based on the results of the Reactive and Non-Reactive Anti-HCV Examination in 2020-2021, the number of blood donors who are reactive Anti-HCV in 2020 is 16 and in in 2021 as many as 26, and as many as 152,534 non-reactive Anti-HCV blood donors, namely in 2020 as many as 73,973 and in 2021 as many as 78,561, based on the highest age range, namely at the age of 25-44 years as many as 24 (57 %), based on the most blood type is blood type B Rhesus Positive as many as 16 (38%), based on gender the most, namely male sex as much as 38 (90%). The most reactive anti-HCV in donors occurred in 2021, age range 25-44 years, male sex and blood type B Rhesus Positif.