Search for pre-1992 blood recipients
Tuesday, 21 June 2005 19:29
The National Haemophilia Council has launched a campaign to try to identify a small number of people who may have received contaminated blood products in the past and who have not yet been tested for HIV or Hepatitis C.
The NHC is calling on anyone with a blood disorder who believes they may have received clotting factor concentrate before 1992 and who has not been tested to come forward. They have issued a helpline on 1800 200 849.
According to the NHC, all people known to have received blood products before 1992 have been tested but there may be a small number, fewer than 10 people, who have not yet responded to previous information campaigns and screening programmes.
220 haemophiliacs were infected with Hepatitis C from contaminated blood products and of those 20 people have died. 106 were infected with HIV, of whom 64 have died.
- One News: Bethan Kilfoil reports on the campaign by the National Haemophilia Council to track down a group of people who may have received contaminated blood products
- Six One News: Bethan Kilfoil reports on the National Haemophilia Council campaign regarding those who received blood products before 1992 and have not been tested for HIV or Hepatitis C
