[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 11032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4243]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


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

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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    The Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability will meet 
on Thursday April 19, 2001 and Friday April 20, 2001 from 8 a.m. to 5 
p.m. The meeting will take place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Capitol 
Hill, 400 New Jersey Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20001. The meeting will 
be entirely open to the public.
    The first item on the agenda will be what should be the 
Department's current and future actions under its Blood Action Plan to 
monitor the availability of blood products in the United States. 
Specific comment will be solicited on what parameters should be 
monitored, how these parameters should be analyzed, and where 
responsibility for this activity should rest.
    The second item on the agenda will be what, if any, actions the 
Department of Health and Human Services should take to strengthen 
current efforts to promote blood safety and availability throughout the 
world.
    Public comment will be solicited at the meeting. Public comment 
will be limited to five minutes per speaker. Those who wish to have 
printed material distributed to Advisory Committee members should 
submit thirty (30) copies to the Executive Secretary prior to close of 
business April 5, 2001. In addition, anyone planning to comment on 
either item is encouraged to contact the Executive Secretary at his/her 
earliest convenience.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen D. Nightingale, M.D., 
Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and 
Availability, Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Public 
Health and Science, 200 Independence Ave., SW., Room 736-E, Washington, 
DC 20201. Phone (202) 690-5560. FAX (202) 690-7560, e-mail 
[email protected].

    Dated: February 13, 2001.
Stephen D. Nightingale,
Executive Secretary Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and 
Availability.
[FR Doc. 01-4243 Filed 2-20-01; 8:45 am]
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