Seanad debates
Thursday, 6 July 2006
Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages.
1:00 pm
Brendan Ryan (Labour)
The answer is that the scientific study shows that the shortest period of time in which those tests were found not to be positive was three years. One presumes that the blood that will be used for transfusions will be tested. I sincerely hope the blood transfusion service tests the blood products soon after it receives them and does not leave them for three years in storage. According to the scientific study, these tests will always be positive if they are conducted within three years of the infection. The symptoms would be——
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