The hospital – which treats over 45,000 patients in the ED every year – says it's in a bid to diagnose new cases and provide the appropriate care.
It carried out an opt-out pilot screening programme last year for patients having blood tests taken in the Emergency Department.
St James's says the testing is in line with international best practice and comes following the pilot project which highlighted a prevalence of all 3 blood-borne viral infections amongst ED attendees
