Comparison ov anti-HCV tests of the first and second generation and suggestions for a re-entry program
Caspari, G.; Gerlich, W.H.; Beyer, J.; Schmitt, H.
Beitrage Zur Infusionstherapie und Transfusionsmedizin 32: 113-116
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 1023-2028 PMID: 9480065 Document Number: 424592
After following up approximately 200,000 blood donors with 1st- and 2nd-generation anti-HCV tests the authors suggest: 1) to neglect earlier 1st-generation-positive anti-HCV results when the donor is negative in 2nd-generation ELISAs; 2) after a donation positive in a 2nd-generation test the following donation must not be used even if it is negative; a third, negative donation can be used; 3) a donor with two different donations positive in 2nd-generation ELISAs should be excluded from the donor pool.