A patient is being treated for Hepatitis B after getting the virus through a blood transfusion.
The Irish Blood Transfusion Service has confirmed a case of transfusion transmitted infection of Hep B.
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It says the donation was made in the window period when the presence of the virus cannot be detected even by the most sensitive tests available.
The IBTS says this is a rare one in two million event – and does not have any implications for blood that will be transfused in the future.
The patient is now being managed by a medical team.
