[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 20, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 65341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-22653]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and 
Availability

AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the 
Secretary.

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 meeting will be open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will take place Wednesday, January 9, 2008 and 
Thursday, January 10, 2008 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Westin Washington, DC City Center, 1400 M Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20005. Phone: (202) 429-1700.

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) 453-8803, 
Fax (240) 453-8456, e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Since the early 1980s there has been a 
heightened awareness of transfusion and transplantation safety. The 
formation of the ACBSA directly resulted out of concern regarding 
infectious diseases and the safety of the blood supply. At this session 
of the ACBSA, the Committee will discuss further safety developments to 
enhance transfusion and transplantation safety. These discussions will 
include the current landscape and residual risk of known and unknown 
pathogens. In addition, the Committee will look at needs and barriers 
to potential opportunities in donor screening and technologies for 
pathogen reduction.
    The public will be given opportunity to provide comments to the 
Committee on January 9 and 10, 2008. Comments will be limited to five 
minutes per speaker. Anyone planning to comment is encouraged to 
contact the Executive Secretary at his/her earliest convenience. Those 
who wish to have printed material distributed to Advisory Committee 
members should submit, at a minimum, one copy of the material, to the 
Executive Secretary prior to close of business January 7, 2008. 
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 January 7, 2008.

    Dated: November 13, 2007.
Jerry A. Holmberg,
Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and 
Availability.
[FR Doc. E7-22653 Filed 11-19-07; 8:45 am]
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