[Federal Register: August 2, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 147)]
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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: Notice of meeting.

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    The Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability will meet 
on August 26, 1999, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on August 27, 1999 
from 9:00 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, NW., Washington, DC 20001. The meeting will be entirely open to 
the public.
    On the morning of August 26, the Committee will consider responses 
to the deferral of certain former United Kingdom residents from blood 
donation. That afternoon, the Committee will consider the current 
availability of blood products, and the current status of the hepatitis 
C lookback effort. On August 27, the Committee will consider the issue 
of how federally mandated blood safety initiatives should be financed.
    Public comment will be solicited on these topics both days. Public 
comment will be limited to five 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 13, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen D. Nightingdale, 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 SW, Washington, DC 20201. 
Phone (202) 690-5560 FAX (202) 690-6584 e-mail STEPHENDNIGHTINGALE 
@osophs.dhhs.gov.

    Dated: July 15, 1999.
Stephen D. Nightingale,
Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and 
Availability.
[FR Doc. 99-19643 Filed 7-30-99; 8:45 am]
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