[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 143 (Wednesday, July 26, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 42405]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11962]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and 
Availability

AGENCY: Office of Public Health and Science, Office of the Secretary, 
DHHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services is hereby giving notice that 
the Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability (ACBSA) will 
hold a meeting. The ACBSA will meet to review progress and solicit 
additional input regarding numerous recommendations made during the 
past year, specifically biovigilance of blood components and its 
derivatives, cells, tissues, and organs. Vigilance is recognized as a 
necessary step in monitoring outcomes in a quality assurance process 
toward the goal of providing safe and available biological products 
(i.e., blood components and derivatives, cells, tissues and organs) and 
improvement of care of the donor and recipient. Elements necessary for 
vigilant surveillance are detection, analysis, reporting, utilizations, 
research, education, and management of outcomes, including emerging or 
re-emerging infectious and non-infectious events of transfusion and/or 
transplantation, will be discussed.

DATES: The meeting will take place Wednesday, August 30 and Thursday, 
August 31, 2006 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Marriott Crystal Gateway, 1700 Jeff Davis Highway, 
Arlington, VA 22202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry A. Holmberg, PhD, Executive 
Secretary, Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability, Office 
of Public Health and Science, Department of Health and Human Services, 
1101 Wootton Parkway, Room 250, Rockville, MD 20852, (240) 453-8809, 
fax (240) 453-8456, e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public comment will be solicited at the 
meeting and will be limited to five minutes per speaker. Individuals 
who wish to present comments to the Committee should contact the 
Executive Secretary to register no later than close of business on 
August 25, 2006. Individuals who wish to have printed material 
distributed are encouraged to provide thirty (30) copies to the 
Executive Secretary no later than close of business August 25, 2006. 
Likewise, those who wish to utilize electronic data projection to the 
Committee must submit their materials to the Executive Secretary prior 
to close of business August 25, 2006.

     Dated: July 20, 2006.
 Jerry A. Holmberg,
 Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and 
Availability.
 [FR Doc. E6-11962 Filed 7-25-06; 8:45 am]
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