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97-31321. Office of Public Health and Science; Notice of Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability
[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 230 (Monday, December 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 63550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31321]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of Public Health and Science; Notice of Meeting of the
Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability
agency: Office of Public Health and Science.
action: Notice of meeting.
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The Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability will meet
on January 29, 1998 from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM and on January 30, 1998
from 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM. The meetings will take place in Room 800,
Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Ave., S.W., Washington,
DC 20201. The meeting will be entirely open to the public.
The Committee will consider the theoretical possibility that
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) can be transmitted by blood
transfusion. On January 29, 1998 the Committee will review information
previously presented to it on April 25, 1997 and receive reports of
scientific and clinical advances since then. The Committee will then
receive a presentation of current and pending regulatory activities
relevant to the theoretical possibility of CJD transmission, and hear
invited comments from consumers and industry. At the conclusion of
these presentations, the public will be invited to comment. On January
30, 1998 the Committee will consider what if any recommendations it
would make to the Department on this matter.
Prospective speakers should notify the Executive Secretary of their
desire to address the Committee and should plan for no more than 5
minutes of comment.
contact: Stephen D. Nightingale, MD, Executive Secretary, Advisory
Committee on Blood Safety and Availability, Office of Public Health and
Science, Department of Health and Human Services, Hubert H. Humphrey
Building, 200 Independence Avenue S.W., Washington, DC 20201. Phone
(202) 690-5560 FAX (202) 690-7560 e-mail [email protected]
Dated: November 21, 1997.
Stephen D. Nightingale,
Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and
Availability.
[FR Doc. 97-31321 Filed 11-28-97; 8:45 am]
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Document Information
- Published:
- 12/01/1997
- Department:
- Health and Human Services Department
- Entry Type:
- Notice
- Action:
- Notice of meeting.
- Document Number:
- 97-31321
- Pages:
- 63550-63550 (1 pages)
- PDF File:
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97-31321.pdf