[Federal Register: August 7, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 152)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

 
Notice of Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and 
Availability

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary.

ACTION: Revised notice of meeting.

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    The Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability will meet 
on August 27, 1998, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on August 28, 1998 
from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The meeting will take place in the 
Ticonderoga Room of the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Capitol Hill, 400 New 
Jersey, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001. The meeting will be entirely open 
to the public.
    The agenda of this meeting has been revised as follows: on August 
27, 1998 the Committee will consider potential barriers to the 
evolution from human- to recombinant-based blood products. The focus of 
this discussion will be on blood products used by patients with 
bleeding disorders. The discussion will be limited to this topic so 
that the Committee can discuss, on August 28, 1998 what, if any, 
additional recommendations it may wish to make regarding the 
transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and blood safety.
    Public comment on the first topic will be solicited at or about 
1:00 p.m. on August 28, 1998; public comment on the second topic will 
be solicited at or about 11:00 a.m. on August 28, 1998. Public comment 
will be limited to three minutes per speaker. Those who wish to have 
printed material distributed to Advisory Committee members should 
submit thirty (30) copies to the Executive Secretary prior to close of 
business August 14, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephen D. Nightingale, M.D., Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee 
on Blood Safety and Availability, Office of Public Health and Safety, 
Department of Health and Human Services, 200 Independence Avenue S.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20201. Phone (202) 690-5560 FAX (202) 690-6584 e-mail 
SNIGHTIN@osophs.dhhs.gov.

    Dated: July 27, 1998.
Stephen D. Nightingale,
Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and 
Availability.
[FR Doc. 98-21236 Filed 8-6-98; 8:45 am]
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