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Image source, Getty ImagesBy Jim ReedHealth reporterThousands of people in the UK were infected with HIV and hepatitis C after being given contaminated blood products during the 1970s and 1980s.A public inquiry into what has been called the biggest treatment disaster in NHS history will publish its findings in May. Victims are still campaigning for compensation.Who was affected by the infected blood scandal and how many patients were involved?Two main groups of NHS patients were caught up in the scandal.People with haemophilia A have a shortage of a clotting agent known as Factor VIII. People with haemophilia B don’t have…

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Buttonholing, on the other hand, involves putting needles into the same hole each time. This is safe for those with fistulas, but for those using grafts, it “has always been avoided… due to the risk of infection and graft degradation”, according to the UK Kidney Association guidelines which are used throughout the NHS. It says only rope-laddering is recommended for grafts.

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