The number of total blood donors that underwent screening tests were 1,279 in 2006, 1,355 in 2007 and 941 in 2008, respectively. HBsAg was positive in 8 cases among the 1,279 donors (0.63%) in 2006, in 10 cases of the 1,355 donors (0.74%) in 2007 and in 5 cases of the 941 donors (0.53%) in 2008. Anti-HCV was positive in 3 cases (0.24%) in 2006, 2 cases (0.15%) in 2007 and 2 cases (0.21%) in 2008. One of them was dual positive for HBsAg and anti-HCV. There's no positive case of anti-HIV (0%) during the 3 years. Serologic testing for syphilis (VDRL) was positive in 7 cases (0.55%) in 2006, in 5 cases (0.37%) in 2007 and in 5 cases (0.53%) in 2008.