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Chemicals used in PCR testing (FOI)

Chemicals used in PCR testing (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by Government of Jersey and published on 06 July 2021.
Prepared internally, no external costs.

Request

A

I would like to know what chemicals are used or containing within or on the oral and nasal swabs wrt PCR testing for COVID-19 please?

B

Is ethylene oxide used? 

Response

A

Data on chemicals used, contained within or on oral and nasal swabs as part of the manufacturing process is not held by the Government of Jersey.

B

No. The products used are sterilised by irradiation and not ethylene oxide.

Article applied

Article 10 Obligation of scheduled public authority to confirm or deny holding information

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), if –

(a) a person makes a request for information to a scheduled public authority; and

(b) the authority does not hold the information,

it must inform the applicant accordingly.

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