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Dr Craske circulated a prospective study protocol. Any haemophilia centre directors could use the protocol when evaluating any new concentrate products; directors would be invited to report the results in a standardised way to the UKHCDs Hepatitis Working Party and to retain serial samples of each patient's serum so a collection would be available to evaluate any new marker tests for NANBH.

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The UKHCDs Hepatitis Working Party agreed that, as AIDS had similarities in its epidemiology to Hepatitis B, enquiries would be made by members of the Working Party to ascertain the likelihood of transmission by blood or blood products and a further meeting would be held when more information was available.

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Dr Rizza wrote that AIDS had caused a stir in the haemophilia world and one very senior physician had withdrawn his factor VIII concentrates from the accident room and insisted on vetting the patients himself before any dose was given. Dr Rizza felt that AIDS "should be looked at urgently if only to clear the air and dispel some of the apprehension that has been stirred up".

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Dr Craske sent a copy of his paper about AIDS to Dr Rizza and to Dr Ludlam

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Dr Craske thought it necessary to have a meeting of the Hepatitis Working Party "to decide what further investigations need to be undertaken in the British haemophiliac population".

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Dr Craske wrote to Dr Ludlam, enclosing a copy of the paper he prepared for the MRC Hepatitis Vaccine Working Group meeting, "which describes the most recent information available about [AIDS]".

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Dr Craske wrote to Dr Lane, enclosing a copy of the paper he prepared for the MRC Hepatitis Vaccine Working Group meeting, "which describes early information about AIDS in the U.S.A."

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Dr Dale Lawrence of the Centers for Disease Control in the United States wrote to Dr Craske about the US cases of AIDS among people with haemophilia.

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Dr Rizza wrote to Dr Lane to confirm arrangements made for an informal meeting to be held on 15 December 1982 at BPL to discuss hepatitis free/hepatitis reduced coagulant factor concentrate.

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Dr Cash wrote to Dr Lane expressing his view that it is not "in the best interests of the NHS Fractionation Centres, at this time, to encourage the commercial manufacturers to undertake clinical trials with a view to obtaining product licences."

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Alpha Pharmaceutical issued a press release, which said: "The evidence suggests, although it does not absolutely prove, that a virus or other disease agent was transmitted to them in the Factor VIII concentrate, derived from pooled human plasma."

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Cases of AIDS in haemophilia patients in the United States were discussed in a UK Haemophilia Centre Directors Hepatitis Working Party meeting. Among the issues raised was the possibility that Factor 8 or other blood products administered to haemophilia patients "might be implicated."

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The topic of AIDS was discussed in a meeting of directors of the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service and haemophilia centre directors. In the meeting, Dr Cash drew attention to recent articles in The Observer and The Lancet and circulated a MMWR extract.

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The topic of Factor 9 concentrates was discussed in a meeting of directors of the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service and haemophilia centre directors. It was reported that studies of heat treatment, to reduce the hepatitis risk, were currently underway using Supernine.

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In a haemophilia reference centre directors meeting, it was noted that "there were some concern that the haemophilic population of the U.K. who had received American concentrates might be at risk" of AIDS. It was agreed that Dr Craske should draw up a form for the reporting of cases and to arrange for it to be circulated to all haemophilia centre directors.

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A meeting of the Haemostasis Club took place where Professor Jeanne Luscher presented on AIDS and set out treatment recommendations from the US.

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Drs Craske, Rizza and Bloom wrote to all haemophilia centre directors inviting them to report possible cases of AIDS.

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Dr Craske authored a report on AIDS, referring to the possibility that the agent for AIDS "might be present in the plasma pools used to prepare commercial factor VIII and IX concentrate manufactured from donor plasma collected in the U.S.A.".

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Dr Craske authored a guidance document for identifying possible cases of AIDS.

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A Form was drafted regarding U.K. Haemophilia Centre Directors Hepatitis Working Party's Surveillance of Possible Cases of the AIDS

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