Dr John Craske's article "An Outbreak of Hepatitis Associated with Intravenous Injection of Factor-VIII Concentrate" was published in The Lancet. It said: "Testing the pooled plasma or the factor-VIII concentrate by the current radioimmunoassay techniques is not a reliable method of excluding hepatitis-B virus. Individual donations should be screened by R.I.A. before being pooled."

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