Transaminase Levels in a Blood Donor Population

Risk of anicteric hepatitis following blood transfusion.

“…Norris, Potter, and Reinhold (1963) found a three-fold greater incidence of abnormal hepatic function tests in a group of mainly 'professional walk-in donors' as compared with another group who gave blood for friends and relatives. Anderson, Lou, and Allen (1965) did not find a single voluntary donor whose S.G.O.T. or S.G.P.T.…”