Abstract
A retrospective study of the incidence of posttransfusion viral hepatitis in two state‐operated hospitals with different kinds of blood procurement programs was undertaken for a nine‐year period. Although one hospital relied mainly on prison donors and the other secured blood primarily from volunteer donors, no significant difference in the incidence of posttransfusion hepatitis could be demonstrated. These results suggest that carefully selected prison populations may be an important potential source of high quality donors, without undue risk of transmitting hepatitis. However, because this is a retrospective study and because it is not known whether the single penal institution studied in this report is unique, prospective studies of prisoner donors are necessary before such sources can be accepted generally.
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