Blood Banking (Screening)

Second-Generation HCV Tests Prove Beneficial in Japan

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, May 6th, 1996

The implementation of second-generation hepatitis C virus antibody screening tests for donated blood in Japan has provided a significant benefit, compared with the first-generation assay.

Susumu Takano, Kawasaki Chuo Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan, and colleagues evaluated the efficacy of the second-generation assay by performing a study based on data gathered from the Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan ("Prospective Assessment of Donor Blood Screening for Antibody to Hepatitis C Virus by First- and Second-Generation Assays as a Means of Preventing Posttransfusion Hepatitis," Hepatology, April 1996;23(4):708-712). The authors believed this data to be representative of...

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