[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 149 (Wednesday, August 4, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 47155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-17697]


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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.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability will 
meet on Thursday, August 26, 2004 and Friday, August 27, 2004 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. Please 
note this is a change in location from the previous two meetings. The 
meeting will be entirely open to the public.
    The purpose of this meeting will be to review the progress of prior 
recommendations and solicit additional comments from the Committee 
regarding recommendations made over the past year. Specifically the 
Committee will be asked to review the safety and availability of 
platelet products since the introduction of the voluntary 100% quality 
control for bacterial contamination. The Committee may also review the 
progress made by the American Association of Blood Banks Task Force on 
Bacterial Contamination to identify potential studies to standardize, 
validate, and determine the predictive value of bacterial testing with 
the intent to extend the dating of platelet products from five to seven 
days and the possible pre-storage pooling of whole blood derived 
platelets; issues related to hepatitis B testing; and issues related to 
blood and blood products, including plasma-derived therapeutics and 
their recombinant analogs. Individuals interested in this meeting are 
urged to refer to the Committee's Web page at www.dhhs.gov/bloodsafety 
for further information prior to the meeting.
    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 Acting Executive Secretary prior to 
close of business August 20, 2004. Those who wish to utilize electronic 
data projection in their presentation to the Committee must submit 
their material to the Executive Secretary prior to close of business 
August 20, 2004. In addition, anyone planning to comment is encouraged 
to contact the Executive Secretary at her/his earliest convenience.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry A. Holmberg, PhD, Executive 
Secretary, Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability, 
Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Public Health and 
Science, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Room 275, Rockville, MD 20852, (301) 
443-2331, FAX (301) 443-4361, e-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: July 29, 2004.
Jerry A. Holmberg,
Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and 
Availability.
[FR Doc. 04-17697 Filed 8-3-04; 8:45 am]
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