HC Deb 07 July 1994 vol 246 cc317-8W
Mr. Hinchliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she received guidance from the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens concerning Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; and when the guidance will be published.

Mr. Sackville

The guidance was received at the end of March and is due to be published late August/early September.

Mr. Hinchliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 28 June,Official Report, column 539, what guidance to date has been issued to laboratory staff who may handle materials contaminated with the agents causing (a) Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and (b) bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

Mr. Sackville

The following guidance has been issued to date: 'Code of Practice for the Prevention of Infection in Clinical Laboratories and Post-Mortem Rooms' (1978); DA(81)22; DA(84)16; 'Categorisation of Pathogens According to Hazard and Categories of Containment' (1st edition, 1984, extended 2nd edition, 1990) from the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens; and PL(92)CO/4 from the Deputy Chief Medical Officer.

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