Minutes of the 171st meeting of the Regional Transfusion Directors Meeting held at the Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS) on 03/05/1978. Dr Maycock was the Chair. Topics discussed included Computing in the NBTS, Medical Staffing in RTCs, Supplies of Blood to the Private Sector of Medicine, Haemolytic disease of the newborn, Trends Working Party Report, Report of the Working Party on the Quality of Cryoprecipitate in England and Wales, labelling of blood containers, The Pearson Report.