Reporting transfusion-asociated hepatitis.
Exclusion of donors implicated in transfusion-associated hepatitis (TAH) remains important as a means of preventing this disease. By sending a six-month follow-up post card to the physician of every patient receiving blood, the report rate of TAH for one hospital has increased six times the average of the region.
D001803:Blood Transfusion; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006753:Hospital Records; D006801:Humans; D011996:Records