Positive tests in hepatitis C alert

Posted: 31-Jul-2006 << BACK

BBC News - Wales
Positive test results for Hepatitis C have been found in patients of a health care worker diagnosed with the disease.

Sandra Payne, regional director for North Wales for the National Public Health Service said: "As we expected, the vast majority of these results have been completely normal.

"It is inevitable when testing a large number of people that some will have positive results, reflecting background levels of infection in the population.

"This does not mean that infection was passed on by the health care worker.

"Indeed, we currently have no evidence that a single person has been infected in this way."

The exact number of patients to return positive Hepatitis C tests has not been revealed.
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