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Richard J. Coumbis, PhD; Edwin H. Albano, MD; Michael Lyons, MD
Newark, NJ

JAMA. 1970;214(3):596.

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To the Editor.—

Although there are local and regional variations, commercial blood banks vary widely in the application of appropriate donor selection criteria and it is a considered opinion that many donors should be rejected on medical grounds. Of principal concern is the heroin addict with the heightened incidence of infectious hepatitis in such a population. Blood banks use a history, an abbreviated physical examination, and serological tests of the blood as the primary screening procedures. They are presently in the process of introducing a test for the presence of the Australian antigen. This preliminary study reports data obtained from the analysis of urines collected from 50 donors who gave blood at a commercial blood bank. Results are shown in the following table.

Comment.—

A critical evaluation of the positive urinary findings in these cases must be tempered by the absence of quantitation and the simple non-contributory history on each . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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