title: The consequences of administering blood pretested for HBs Ag by third generation techniques: a progress report.
abstract: Elimination of commercial blood, mandatory HBs Ag testing by third generation techniques, and detection and interdiction of incriminated blood donors have all contributed to a dramatic 63 per cent reduction in the estimated number of cases of transfusion-associated hepatitis from 424 in 1970 to 158 in 1973 and an even more dramatic drop in fatalities from 55 to 1970 to 10 in 1973.
mesh_terms: D001782:Blood Donors; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D011446:Prospective Studies; D065227:Transfusion Reaction
chemical_list: D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens