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Written question asked by Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 18 December 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 January 2004. It was answered by Melanie Johnson (Labour) on Monday, 12 January 2004 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Dept of Health

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the risk of possible infection with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease from large pools of plasma; and what the likely effects are of dilution of infected blood products in large pools.
Answer

Mrs. Calton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the risk of possible infection with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease from large pools of plasma; and what the likely effects are of dilution of infected blood products in large pools. [145450] Miss Melanie Johnson: The Department has commissioned a risk assessment to consider these questions and findings are not yet available.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
145450; 416 c627W;416 c625W
Session
2003-04
Subjects
Contamination Blood Donors Research Blood transfusions CJD
Link
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