Papers for the first meeting of the Advisory Group on Testing for the Presence of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen and its Antibody, on 7th December 1978. Includes a meeting agenda; a revision of second report of the advisory group; a discussion of whether families of patients suffering from hemophilia and related diseases should be accepted as blood donors; a stop-gap provision for plasma fractionation at BPL; a comparative study of a number of tests for hepatitis B surface antigen and an evaluation of the hepanostika (microelisa) test, cost of hepanostika and draft terms of reference.