16 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason platelets are currently tested under the old serological process for hepatitis C; the further reason a PCR test is not used; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the serological test does not detect hepatitis C in someone infected 14 weeks before donation; and if, as a consequence of the failure to conduct such testing, patients are being placed at risk. [14199/00]

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16 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason platelets are currently tested under the old serological process for hepatitis C; the further reason a PCR test is not used; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the serological test does not detect hepatitis C in someone infected 14 weeks before donation; and if, as a consequence of the failure to conduct such testing, patients are being placed at risk. [14199/00]

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