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In Nina Douglas' written statement she said that her mother pleaded with the registrar to remove AIDS from the death certificate of her father.

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In her written statement, Rita Wood said that the family asked the doctors to keep HIV off her husband's death certificate because of the stigma involved.

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Brian Hallwood's death certificate recorded bronchopneumonia and haemophilia, and pneumonia and haemophilia as the causes of death.

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Stephen Hallwood's death certificate recorded bronchopneumonia and haemophilia, and pneumonia and haemophilia as the causes of death.

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In her oral evidence to the Inquiry, Susan Hallwood said that it was not haemophilia that killed her sons - it was AIDS and AIDS should have been on the death certificates.

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In her oral evidence to the Inquiry, Lauren Palmer said that the death certificates of her parents did not record their real cause of death - HIV/AIDS, as "back then it was maybe something that would be for the best", but now "we need the truth out there."

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In her written statement, Irene Fitzpatrick explained that when her son, Gary, was reaching the end of his life a doctor said she would get reporters at her door if the death certificate said that Gary had died from HIV. She further said: "I was lucky Gary died at home because the GP came round and he agreed that HIV should be stated on the death certificate as the cause of his death."

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Denise and Colin Turton's son Lee's death certificate made no reference to AIDS; instead the cause of death was given as "Ia pneumonia II Haemophilia".

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Guidelines on the administration of blood and blood components noted that as of 1999 there were "no recognized guidelines on which to base local procedures for the ordering and administration of blood and the management of transfused patients."

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Many of the guidelines published during the 1980s focused on issues of blood bank documentation and record-keeping, including by the British Committee for Standards in Haematology, part of the British Society for Haematology.

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At a meeting of the Northern Ireland Advisory Committee on Blood Safety a report from the Autologous Blood Transfusion Working Group was circulated . In this report various transfusion methods were assessed for feasibility, including autologous pre-donation, inter-operative cell salvage, and acute normovolaemic haemodilution

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A second circular on Better Blood Transfusion was produced by the Department of Health Northern Ireland.

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The Working Party on Autologous Transfusion working party produced guidelines for pre-deposit autologous transfusion.

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The British Committee for Standards in Haematology issued guidelines for the implementation of MBOS.

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The British Committee for Standards in Haematology guidance on blood transfusion of infants was updated.

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The British Committee for Standards in Haematology published guidance which recognised that babies in special care units were "amongst the most intensively transfused of all hospital patients."

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The Department of Health and Social Security Circular on "Blood Transfusion: Record-keeping and stock control arrangements" was produced.

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A management executive letter was circulated setting out the same action points required of NHS Trusts to improve transfusion practice and Wales also issued the same guidance.

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In January 2001 Better Use of Blood in Northern Ireland guidelines were issued.

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The DHSS took the view that the use of untested blood was "highly undesirable"; unnecessary because "testing can be done in a matter of minutes" and that there could be "no excuse for not labelling blood...properly and for not keeping adequate records".

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