title: Immune hepatitis B plasma procurement.
abstract: The requirement for hepatitis B immunoglobulin for passive immunisation persists despite the availability of a safe hepatitis B vaccine, and there is therefore a need for immune plasma for immunoglobulin production. We have screened a large number of blood donors to identify potentially suitable hepatitis B immune plasma donors. The logistics of this have been examined, and the programme was found to be inefficient and labour-consuming. A suitably designed programme of active immunisation with hepatitis B vaccine should provide a more effective means of obtaining plasma.
mesh_terms: D001782:Blood Donors; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000276:immunology*; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens; D006801:Humans; D007106:Immune Sera / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens; D007106:Immune Sera; D007136:Immunoglobulins