Contaminated blood scandal may have lasted 'years longer' than officials admit

Contaminated blood scandal may have lasted 'years longer' than officials admit The NHS contaminated blood scandal may have continued for years longer than the Government has admitted, it has emerged.

The inquiry into the tragedy yesterday heard evidence from a woman suffering from debilitating Hepatitis C who received blood transfusions in 1992 and 1993.

Health chiefs have always insisted that the window in which blood and blood products could have been contaminated with viruses such as Hepatitis and HIV ended in 1991, which was when routine testing of batches began. The Daily Telegraph

See also:

• Infected blood may have been given after safe date, inquiry hears The Guardian