[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 41 (Monday, March 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 9441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5164]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health


Notice of Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and 
Availability

    Pursuant to Pub. L 92-463, notice is hereby given of the meeting of 
the Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability, Department of 
Health and Human Services, March 20-21, 1997. This meeting will be held 
at the National Institutes of Health, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical 
Center, Jack Masur Auditorium, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 
20892.
    The entire meeting will be open to the public from 8:30 a.m. on 
March 20 to adjournment on March 21. On March 20, the Committee will 
discuss hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, its occurrence following 
blood transfusion, other epidemiology of HCV infection and appropriate 
ways of approaching the public health aspects of this infection. On 
March 21, the Committee will address multiple aspects of the 
theoretical possibility that Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) can be 
transmitted by blood transfusion. For each topic, a time will be set 
aside for the public to comment. Prospective speakers should notify the 
Executive Secretary for this meeting of their wish to present and 
should plan for no more than 5 minutes of comments.
    Contact: Paul R. McCurdy, M.D. Acting Executive Secretary, Advisory 
Committee on Blood Safety and Availability, Director, Blood Resources 
Program, DBDR-MSC-7950, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7950. 
Phone: 301/435-0065; Fax 301/480-1060; E-Mail: [email protected].
    Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance, such as 
sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should 
contact the Executive Secretary in advance of the meeting.

    Dated: February 25, 1997.
LaVerne Y. Stringfield,
Committee Management Officer, NIH.
[FR Doc. 97-5164 Filed 2-28-97; 8:45 am]
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