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The Working Party on Transfusion-Associated Hepatitis held its second meeting. One of the matters discussed concerned studies of non-A, non-B Hepatitis.

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The Working Party on Transfusion-Associated Hepatitis held its third meeting. One of the matters discussed concerned hepatitis in people with haemophilia.

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The Reconvened Transfusion-Associated Hepatitis Working Party held its first meeting. It considered approaches to address future requests to initiate routine anti-HBc and ALT donor screening.

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North London Blood Transfusion Centre reports that donors in the high risk category were found to continue to donate blood despite the publicity about AIDS because the original DHSS leaflet had implied that homosexuals with stable partnerships were still eligible donors.

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The Advisory Committee on the Virological Safety of Blood held their first meeting.

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A meeting of the Advisory Group on Hepatitis discussed both Hepatitis A and B, but not NANBH.

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The fourth meeting of the Advisory Group on Hepatitis where NANBH was not discussed.

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The Blood Transfusion Research Committee's Working Party on Post-Transfusion Hepatitis discussed the desirability of obtaining accurate data regarding NANBH incidence and whether ALT screening might be of value.

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The Advisory Group on Hepatitis meeting did not consider NANBH.

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Sir Henry Yellowlees wrote to regional and area medical officers relaying advice on Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Carriers.

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The Regional Transfusion Directors meeting debated whether to continue blood collection in prisons, with no final decision being reached. It was resolved that any decision to discontinue bleeding prisoners necessitated DHSS first informing the Home Office.

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The Advisory Group on Hepatitis meeting contained no consideration of NANBH/Hepatitis C, other than recording that the blood transfusion service would test donations from 1991.

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Dr Acheson wrote to Dr Gunson noting that he looked forward to receiving a brief account of the advances in Dr Gunson's speciality that have occurred in the past five years, as well as the problems and opportunities anticipated in the next five years.

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Dr Gunson wrote to Sir Henry Yellowlees outlining his serious concerns about AIDS.

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Think Before You Give Blood' AIDS leaflet by the National Blood Transfusion Service was published, which outlined who should not give blood, as well as including dates.

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Dr Gunson wrote to Dr Cash noting that he had asked all the Directors in England and Wales whether they still held donor sessions in HM Prisons.

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A meeting of Regional Transfusion Directors agreed that prison governors should be asked to prevent known drug users from volunteering as donors, but that more information should be obtained about the association with cases of serum hepatitis.

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There were concerns that 22 children were suspected of having AIDS, 3 daughters of the same mother, a sex worker with AIDS (but different fathers), and 7 confirmed cases in heterosexual males with haemophilia, 2 of whom were less than 10 years old, and one case in a homosexual male haemophiliac.

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Dr Gunson reported that "Absolute proof that AIDS is caused by a transmissible infectious agent is not yet available, but the consensus in the Committee was that it should be regarded as such".

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The DHSS had advance notice of the Council of Europe's Committee of Experts' intended recommendations from Dr Gunson in May 1983.

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