Letter from J Canavan to Mr Anderson re Anti Hepatitis C Testing. Noting appears likely the Advisory Committee for Virological Safety of Blood will recommend anti HCV screening at meeting 2 July. States advances in knowledge about the anti HCV test and means of confirming results make it very difficult to resist the introduction of screening. Reference to Mr Andersons suggestion selective screening as a possible alternative to universal testing but noting not a viable option because of uncertainty about who is carrying the virus