The HSE has confirmed there are a number of other women, caught up in the latest CervicalCheck controversy, in addition to the 800 revealed yesterday.
It says investigations are being carried out at the highest level, to see if any more women are affected by the issue. It centres around a computer glitch at Quest Diagnostics laboratories in Virginia in the USA.
Yesterday it was revealed around 800 women who were having HPV tests rechecked, didn’t receive their results due to an IT glitch at the Quest Diagnostics Chantilly facility. It centred on tests carried out from late last year, to June this year.
Today the HSE confirmed they are also aware of a very small number of people affected outside of this recheck group and are following up on those cases as part of its’ response.
Clinical Director of the Women and Infants’ Health Programme , Dr Peter Mc Kenna said today, the incident is being investigated at the highest level, this includes investigating with Quest Diagnostics whether any more patients have been affected and more information is being urgently requested by the HSE and CervicalCheck.
