[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 142 (Wednesday, July 26, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 34674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15727]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[CDC-2016-0090; Docket Number NIOSH 288-A]


A Performance Test Protocol for Closed System Transfer Devices 
Used During Pharmacy Compounding and Administration of Hazardous Drugs; 
Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice and extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On September 15, 2016 the National Institute for Occupational 
Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC), published a notice in the Federal Register [81 FR 
63482] announcing a public meeting and request for public comment on a 
draft testing protocol.
    Written comments were to be received by December 7, 2016. NIOSH 
initially extended the public comment period to June 7, 2017 [81 FR 
88687]. NIOSH extended the comment period again to August 30, 2017 [82 
FR 25290]. NIOSH is extending the public comment period to close on 
February 28, 2018. The longer timeframe will allow companies to test 
the protocol with the proposed challenge agents and permit full 
participation in the protocol design process.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah V. Hirst, NIOSH, Alice 
Hamilton Laboratories, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS R-5, Cincinnati, Ohio 
45226, telephone (513) 841-4141 (not a toll free number), Email: 
[email protected].

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by CDC-2016-0090 and 
Docket Number NIOSH 288-A, by either of the following two methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: National Institute for Occupational Safety and 
Health, NIOSH Docket Office, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C-34, Cincinnati, 
Ohio 45226-1998.

John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2017-15727 Filed 7-25-17; 8:45 am]
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