[The degree of contamination with HBs-antigen (Australia antigen) in insulin using diabetics].

In 105 patients injecting themselves insulin of the diabetes department of the municipal hospital Dresden-Neustadt with an average age of 63.3 years the HBs-antigen was determined for the purpose of testing the degree of contamination. Hereby in no patient positive accidental findings were established. Two patients, in whom the HBs-antigen could be proved, revealed an acute symptomatology on the side of the liver disease at the time of the confirmation of the findings.