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A report on NANB Hepatitis was prepared for the ACVSB. It described the issue of surrogate testing for NANBH as being "of some urgency" and suggested that it be a major item for the next meeting.

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Alter et al published a paper titled 'The Chronic Sequelae of Non-A Non-B Hepatitis B' in the Annals of Internal Medicine journal.

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The maximum pool size at BPL increased to 5,000 donations.

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Capacity to accommodate larger pool sizes increased at PFC.

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Maximum pool sizes at BPL increased to 7,500 donations.

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Maximum pool sizes at BPL increased to 10,000 donations.

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A blood donor diagnosed with AIDS at Bournemouth Hospital.

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The CMO publicly confirmed that the donations of a blood donor, who had been diagnosed with AIDs, had been traced.

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The regional transfusion directors agreed that the blood services would make the initial approach to a donor where a positive donation was found.

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At the EAGA meeting, Dr Contreras said AIDS patients should be asked if they had donated blood in the last five years.

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Blood in the UK started to be screened for HIV.

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A five-year lookback programme was introduced.

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At the EAGA meeting, Dr Tedder asked members to consider asking seropositive patients if they had donated blood since 1978.

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At the EAGA meeting, Dr Contreras asked again that clinicians routinely ask patients with HTLV-3 antibodies or AIDS if they had donated blood.

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CMO's Dear Doctor letter asked clinicians to ask whether HTLV-3 patients ever donated blood.

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The Public Health Laboratory Service ("PHLS") report examined lookbacks from 1985 to 1989 and found differences of practice and gaps in records.

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PHLS was established.

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The NHS was created.

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The report of the Working Party on Haemodialysis Units titled 'Infection Risks of Haemodialysis' was published.

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Hepatitis became a notifiable disease.

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