BLOOD PRODUCTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

March 15, 2001

Briefing Information

Comparative sensitivity of HBsAg and HBV NAT Tests   pdf

Implementation of NAT for HCV and HIV; Testing, Donor and Product Management   pdf

Algorithms   pdf

AABB 53rd Annual Meeting:  Lack of Evident to Support the Presence of NAT Inhibitors in Donor Specimens, November 7, 2000   pdf

AABB 53rd Annual Meeting:  Multiplex NAT Reactive Donor Specimens Tested Non-Reactive in Discriminatory Assays are Negative for HIV-1 and HCV RNA, November 7, 2000   pdf

Diversion of Initial Volume of Collected Blood to a Separate Container; consideration of benefits and design of collection system, Jaro Votal, MD, PhD, CBER   pdf

Experience on Whole Blood Bacterial Contamination, Cees L. van der Poel MD PhD, Sanquin Blood Supply Foundation, The Netherlands   pdf

Statement of the American Association of Blood Banks:  Blood Bags for Diversion of the Initial Collection, Louis Katz, MD   pdf

Statement of the American Association of Blood Banks:  HBV NAT vs. HBsAG, Louis Katz, MD   pdf

Statement of the American Association of Blood Banks:  Implementation of NAT for HBV and HIV:  Donor and Product Management, Louis Katz, MD   pdf

Comparative Sensitivity of HBV NAT vs. HbsAg, Statement of America's Blood Centers, Celso Bianco, MD   pdf

Implementation of NAT for HCV and HIV:  Testing, Donor and Product Management, Statement of America's Blood Centers, Celso Bianco, MD   pdf

Blood Bags for Diversion of Initial Collection, Statement of America's Blood Centers, Celso Bianco, MD   pdf

Extending the Ban on British Donors regarding vCJD/BSE to all Western European Countries is not justified, Paul F W Strengers, MD, CLB Blood Bank, The Netherlands   pdf

PRISM HBsAg Performance Relative to HBV NAT, Mary C Kuhns PhD, Abbott Laboratories   pdf

BACTIVAM for diversion of the initial collection, Macopharma experience, Guillaume de Saint Martin   pdf

Blood Bags for Diversion of the Initial Collection, Mark Popovsky, MD, Haemonetics Corporation   pdf

Results on HBV DNA positive samples using HBsAg screening tests and mini-pool NAT screening in Hokkaido, Paul Holland, MD, Sacremento Blood Center   pdf