Written question asked by Barry Sheerman (Labour) on Thursday, 22 March 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 3 April 2001. It was answered by John Denham (Labour) on Tuesday, 3 April 2001 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent reports he has received regarding the safety of continuing to use PVC bags to contain blood in hospitals. - Inc figure.

Answer: Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent reports he has received regarding the safety of continuing to use PVC bags to contain blood in hospitals. [155775] Mr. Denham: The Department is aware of six reports in the last two years relevant to the safety of the continued use of PVC blood bags. The reports were written by: The American Council on Science and Health; Greenpeace; the International Agency for Research on Cancer; Health Care Without Harm; the United States National Toxicology Program and the Swedish National Chemicals Inspectorate. They inform the continuing assessment of the safety of PVC blood bags used by the national blood services.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 155775; 366 c136W
Session: 2000-01
Subjects: Blood Medical equipment Safety Blood transfusion services Containers Polyvinyl chloride
Contains statistics: Yes
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