Food and Drug Administration
Blood Products Advisory Committee
December 13, 2001
Briefing Information
Committee Updates
Summary: Revised Preventive Measures to Reduce the Possible Risk of Transmission of CJD and Variant CJD by Blood and Blood Products, Dorothy Scott, MD [pdf version] [htm version] [Word version]
Consent Decree Update, Cecily Kodis Kaufman, FDA [ppt version] [htm version]
Topic I. Simian Foamy Virus
Potential concerns for simian foamy virus (SFV) transmission by blood and blood products, Hira Nakhasi, Ph.D., FDA [ppt version] [htm version]
FDA seeks advice on its approach to assessing the possible transfusion risk from SFV, Hira Nakhasi, PhD, FDA [pdf version] [htm version] [Word version]
Emergency meeting called for 81 Tunney's Pasture workers;
'Virus in search of a disease' strikes fear into employees of Health Canada [rtf
version]
CDC Investigations Relevant to Potential for Simian Foamy Virus Transmission by Transfusion, Louisa Chapman, MD, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) [ppt version] [htm version]
Simian Foamy Virus Infection Among Individuals Occupationally Exposed to Non Human Primates, James Brooks, Paul Sandstrom, Health Canada [ppt version] [htm version]
Simian Foamy Viruses (SFV), Arifa S. Khan, PhD, FDA [ppt version] [htm version]
Proposed Animal Study to Evaluate Simian Foamy Virus (SFV) Transmission by Blood, Arifa S. Khan, PhD, FDA [ppt version] [htm version]
Statement of the American Association of Blood Banks, Kay R Gregory MS MT(ASCP)SBB [pdf version] [htm version] [Word version]
Bibliography Topic I [pdf version] [htm version] [Word version]
Topic II. Discussion on Leukocyte Reduction Guidance
Summary, Alan Williams, PhD [pdf version] [htm version] [Word version]
Guidance Modification Table, Alan Williams, PhD [pdf version] [htm version] [Word version]
Statement of the American Association of Blood Banks, Kay R Gregory MS MT(ASCP)SBB [pdf version] [htm version] [Word version]
Bibliography Topic II [pdf version] [htm version] [Word version]
Open Public Hearing
Whole Blood Mixing, A Synopsis of an Evaluation Performed by The Montreal Centre of Canadian Blood Transfusion, Dr. Giles Roy, Dr. Mindy Goldman, and Suzanne Remy-Prince, July, 1992, SEBRA [pdf version] [htm version] [Word version]
Haemonetics Corporation, Mark A. Popovsky, MD [pdf version] [htm version] [Word version]