TABLE 2.

Hepatitis C virus test performed between January 1, 2004, and December 31, 2004, of the cohort receiving hemodialysis on the implicated brand of machine from December 2003 to June 2004

Antibody	Polymerase chain reaction			Total	%
	Positive	Negative	No test peformed
Positive	31	4	5	40	3.3
Negative	0	896	105	1001	81.5
Equivocal/weakly reactive	0	17	0	17	1.4
No test performed	14	156	NA	170	13.8
Total, n (%)	45 (3.7)	1073 (87.4)	110 (9.0)	1228	–

NA Not applicable