Guidance to support opt-out blood borne virus (BBV) testing in Scottish prisons
Version 1
- Published
- 04 July 2019 (Latest release)
- Type
- Guidance
- Author
- Public Health Scotland
- Conditions and diseases
- Health protection
BBV testing should be recommended to everyone in custody including those already in prison unless:
- they have been tested in the last 12 months and have not subsequently put themselves at risk of infection
- they are known to be positive for a BBV (where an individual is known to be positive for one BBV, they should be tested for the remaining viruses – for example, HCV positive individuals should be tested for HIV and HBV)
The legal status of the person in custody should not affect the offer of testing – those on remand, sentenced and those awaiting sentence should all be offered a BBV test.
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