5 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the proposals, if any, there are to recall for further testing those women who were assumed to show false positives in their original tests in 1994 for hepatitis C, who were tested as a result of receiving contaminated anti-D blood products; whether there is a concern that these recipients of anti-D may, as a result of their exposure to hepatitis C, have suffered liver damage; whether his Department or the Blood Transfusion Service Board has made contact with those who may be so affected for the purpose of their undergoing further examination and testing; if not, whether it is intended to do so and when this will take place; the number of women who may be recalled; and the procedures, if any, he is putting in place or has put in place to address this matter. [14109/98]

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5 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the proposals, if any, there are to recall for further testing those women who were assumed to show false positives in their original tests in 1994 for hepatitis C, who were tested as a result of receiving contaminated anti-D blood products; whether there is a concern that these recipients of anti-D may, as a result of their exposure to hepatitis C, have suffered liver damage; whether his Department or the Blood Transfusion Service Board has made contact with those who may be so affected for the purpose of their undergoing further examination and testing; if not, whether it is intended to do so and when this will take place; the number of women who may be recalled; and the procedures, if any, he is putting in place or has put in place to address this matter. [14109/98]

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1. 16 June 1998

   Priority Questions. - Hepatitis C Infection.

   5 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the proposals, if any, there are to recall for further testing those women who were assumed to show false positives in their original tests in 1994 for hepatitis C, who were tested as a result of receiving contaminated anti-D blood products; whether there is a concern that these recipients of anti-D may, as a result of their exposure to hepatitis C, have suffered liver damage; whether his Department or the Blood Transfusion Service Board has made contact with those who may be so affected for the purpose of their undergoing further examination and testing; if not, whether it is intended to do so and when this will take place; the number of women who may be recalled; and the procedures, if any, he is putting in place or has put in place to address this matter. [14109/98]

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