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Private Blood Tests

tiegan · 2016-04-10 11:06:59

Just wondering if anyone could tell me of any clinics that do private blood testing in Ireland? In the UK they have lots of private testing facilities, and even send out home test kits for finger prick testing and proper blood draw testing to send off the the lab. Just wondering if there is anything equivalent over here.…

10-04-2016 11:06am

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tiegan

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Just wondering if anyone could tell me of any clinics that do private blood testing in Ireland? In the UK they have lots of private testing facilities, and even send out home test kits for finger prick testing and proper blood draw testing to send off the the lab. Just wondering if there is anything equivalent over here. Living in Tipperary so looking for southern ireland in particular. TIA

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#2 10-04-2016 10:43pm

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Not that I'm aware of. In Ireland the information from a test has to be interpreted by a registered medical dr, so the test has to be requested by one.
Most of the medical labs in Ireland are publicly funded too.
If your GP or consultant doesn't see the need for the test then tbh you're wasting your time and money. And interpreting test results isn't as black and white as a reference range may lead you to believe.

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