| hepatitis c virus-polymerase chain reaction minipool testing: 3 years in the largest swiss blood transfusion service. | hepatitis c virus-polymerase chain reaction (hcv-pcr) minipool testing can improve the safety of labile blood products owing to a reduction in the diagnostic preseroconversion window period. in switzerland, hcv-pcr minipool testing for the release of labile blood components became mandatory in september 1999. in the largest swiss blood transfusion centre, hcv-pcr minipool testing began in january 1999. this report analyses the performance of the test during a 3-year period: 1 january 1999 to 31 ... | 2003 | 12609016 |