The HSE has confirmed 180 women who underwent cervical screening in recent months are being asked to come for a second test because their sample expired before full testing could be completed. HPV was found in the samples but the HSE said the risk to women due to the delay is very low. “These are women in whom HPV was found in the initial screening, and a second test is therefore required. “However we are arranging for these women to have a second test within three months of their first and are contacting them and their GPs this week. The majority of expired samples were taken in April and May, and some in March, she told the programme.

Source: Irish Independent July 19, 2021 07:34 UTC