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A TARGETED campaign to trace people at risk of hepatitis C infection from a contaminated blood scandal is being carried out.
The awareness drive is one of three recommendations made by a Scottish Government group set up following the Penrose inquiry into infected NHS blood products.
Hundreds of people in Scotland, many of whom were haemophiliac patients, were infected with hepatitis C and HIV through contaminated blood and blood products by the NHS in the 1970s and 1980s.
The Scottish Government accepted all of the group’s recommendations on Friday and now plans to carry out a targeted leaflet and poster campaign later this month to find pre-September 1991 blood transfusion patients who have not yet been tested for hepatitis C.
Officials will also attempt to identify and send a written test offer to a group of up to 71 plasma recipients with mild bleeding disorders who are as yet unknown to have been tested.
Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer Dr Catherine Calderwood will send a letter to doctors reminding them to offer hepatitis C tests to at risk groups.
Read more at: http://www.scotsman.com/news/hep-c-testing-drive-after-blood-contamination-report-1-4219485