[Incidence of post-transfusion hepatitis in Hungary 1987-1993].

The authors describe the epidemiological characteristics of hepatitis cases occurred after administration of blood or blood-preparations in Hungary, based on data collected between January 1987 and December 1993. The epidemiologists of the public health network reported 868 acute posttransfusion hepatitis within this seven years period. The number of the cases decreased year by year, and in accordance with the rapid development of virological diagnostics the rate of cases with uncovered aetiology increased gradually.

[Questions about re-sterilization and reuse of sterile disposable devices].

Authors deal with the problems of restilization and reuse of sterile disposable devices on the basis of literary data, their own experiences, and the standpoints offered on the Fourth Symposium of the Canadian Office for Health Technology Assessment. They state, though the reuse of sterile disposable items is possible to work out, it needs a very sophisticated technology, its thriftiness is often doubtful, and the related legal and ethical problems are mostly unsettled. The personal, material and legal preconditions assuring a safe reuse do not exist in Hungary at present.

Marketing management enhances customer relations.

The implementation of automated marketing management systems in hospitals across the United States can change dramatically the way in which a hospital builds business by managing relationships with prospective customers.