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What are the odds of getting hepatitis B from a blood transfusion? How is this going to change with the new test?

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What are the odds of getting hepatitis B from a blood transfusion? How is this going to change with the new test?

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The current risk of hepatitis B in blood transfusions is estimated to be one per 31,000 donations. With this additional test, we estimate that the risk will be 1 in 82,000 donations.