Table 1.

Terminology for hepatitis C virus-positive donors

Donor testing	Anti-HCV antibody	HCV RNA
Donor terminology if positive	“Seropositive”	“NAT positive” or “Viremic”
Acute infection	(-)	+
Chronic infection	+	+
Resolved	+	(-)

HCV: Hepatitis C virus; NAT: Nucleic acid test.