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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-07-10more like thismore than 2014-07-10
answering body
Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading Lyme Disease more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Health Protection Agency's Lyme Borreliosis Unit informed clinicians and patients of test results on cerebrospinal fluid in accordance with Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency guidance in carrying out testing of cerebrospinal fluid of patients suspected of having Lyme disease using the Trinity Biotech kit. more like this
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The Countess of Mar more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-07-24more like thismore than 2014-07-24
answer text <p>The former Health Protection Agency's Lyme Borreliosis Unit (HPA LBU) informed requesting clinicians but not patients of the results on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and also provided a clinical interpretive service to the requesting clinician. Referring laboratories and clinicians managing patients with Lyme disease were aware of the limitations of diagnostic tests for serum and CSF through publications and educational meetings. It is the role of the requesting clinician to be guided by the interpretation of the laboratory result and to use these results in the light of the clinical presentation to make a diagnosis and a management plan for individual patients. It is also important to note that the former HPA’s LBU performed diagnostic tests on samples referred by other laboratories</p> more like this
answering member printed Earl Howe more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-07-24T13:33:24.7350156Zmore like thismore than 2014-07-24T13:33:24.7350156Z
answering member
2000
label Biography information for Earl Howe more like this
tabling member
1861
label Biography information for The Countess of Mar more like this