was the bloodscreened for rhnegative shot in 1981

[flower123422]

this has been bottering me since I found the I have hepc. I received 4 rh negative shots, 1970. 1973, 1975, 1981, was the blood screened for the rogram, shots. could I have gotten hepc from them.

[FlGuy]

After thinking about it for a while it seems that I have an easier time remembering discussions around things like monkey sex than potential vectors for hcv.  You can see where my head is.

[Bill1954]

How could we forget... :o)

[FlGuy]

Think so.  Thanks for the reminder. Same person who brough monkey sex to the forum.

[Bill1954]

Could that have been Meki?

[meakea]

My doc said it is very possible to get Hep C from rhogam (prior to the screening for Hep C).

[FlGuy]

Quite a while back there was a member who did a bunch of reasearch on the rhogam connection.  I think she was pretty convinced that it was how she came by hcv.  I forget who it was.  But, she was pretty adamant based on her self-education on the matter.  She may have also referenced a Europe-specific situation.  Don't recall specifically, years make me fuzzy.

[nygirl7]

NO unfortunately they didn't even really discover Hepc until after that.  Back in the day it was called nona - nonb but I think that was much after the years you are talking about.

I too think it was about '92 that they started screening for it. And remember even today there is always the opportunity for human error with things.

[frijole]

I don't think blood was screened for hep C until 1991 or 1992.  In 1993 I received a letter from the blood bank saying my blood tested postive for the antibody.
frijole