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June 15-16, 2000 Meeting
Date and Time
The meeting will be held on June 15, 2000, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, and on June 16, 2000, from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm.
Location
Holiday Inn, 8777 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD. 20910, 301-563-3721.
Contact Person
Linda A. Smallwood, Ph.D., 301-827-3514. Please call the Information Line for up-to-date information on this meeting.
Agenda
On June 15, 2000, the committee will hear updates on summaries of the PHS Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability meeting held April 25-26, 2000; the FDA Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Advisory Committee meeting held June 1-2, 2000; the FDA sponsored workshop on plasticizers held on October 18, 1999, and a briefing on blood supply monitoring. The committee will also hear presentations and provide recommendations on plasma pool screening by nucleic acid tests for Hepatitis A virus and, in the afternoon, hear presentations and provide recommendations on the development of rapid HIV tests. On June 16, 2000, the committee will hear updates on requirements for syphilis testing; the risk of Hepatitis C virus to sexual partners; relative sensitivity of Hepatitis B surface antigen and Hepatitis B virus nucleic acid tests; and hear and discuss presentations on proposed FDA guidance on universal leukoreduction: current thinking.
Oral Presentations
Between approximately 11:00 to 11:30 am and 2:30 to 3:30 pm on June 15, 2000, and between approximately 10:30 to 11:30 am on June 16, 2000, oral presentations from the public will be scheduled. Those desiring to make formal oral presentations should notify the contact person by June 9, 2000.
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