Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 22 November 2018
Public Accounts Committee
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15: Hepatitis C Treatment in Ireland
Management of Medical Negligence
9:00 am
Professor Aiden McCormick:
I have not worked in the screening service. What I am told by the nurses who work there and by the Irish Prison Service is that prisoners are offered the option for testing but they have to accept it. It is a civil liberties issue. Getting the blood sample is the problem with that. There have been studies done using saliva or blood spot but getting a blood sample is the way to go.
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