[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 191 (Monday, October 4, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61143-61144]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-24735]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and 
Availability

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of the 
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services is hereby giving notice that 
the Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability (ACBSA) will 
hold a meeting. The meeting will be open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will take place Thursday, November 4, and Friday, 
November 5, 2010, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Universities at Shady Grove, 9630 Gudelsky Drive, 
Rockville, Maryland 20850, Phone: 301-738-6000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry A. Holmberg, PhD, Executive 
Secretary, Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability, Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human 
Services, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 250, Rockville, MD 20852, (240) 
453-8803, FAX (240) 453-8456, e-mail <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#db9a9899889a9bb3b3a8f5bcb4ad"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1e5f5d5c4d5f5e76766d30797168">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Advisory Committee on Blood Safety

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and Availability provides advice to the Secretary and the Assistant 
Secretary for Health on a range of policy issues that includes (1) 
definition of public health parameters around safety and availability 
of the blood supply and blood products, (2) broad public health, 
ethical and legal issues related to transfusion and transplantation 
safety, and (3) the implications for safety and the availability of 
various economic factors affecting product cost and supply.
    In keeping with its established mission, the ACBSA will be asked to 
review and comment on previous ACBSA recommendations including elements 
of a strategic plan for transfusion and transplantation safety. The 
review is intended to align the transfusion and transplantation safety 
initiatives to the Secretary's Strategic Initiatives and Key Inter-
Agency Collaborations: (http://www.hhs.gov/secretary/about/secretarialstrategicinitiatives2010.pdf).
    The Committee will also be asked to comment and make 
recommendations on prioritizing previous and outstanding 
recommendations in light of the Assistant Secretary for Health's 
mission statement: ``Mobilizing Leadership in Science and Prevention 
for a Healthier Nation'' and strategic priorities: Creating Better 
Systems of Prevention; Eliminating Health Disparities and Achieving 
Health Equity; and Making Healthy People Come Alive for all Americans.
    The public will have opportunity to present their views to the 
Committee on both meeting days. A public comment session has been 
scheduled for November 5, 2010. Comments will be limited to five 
minutes per speaker and must be pertinent to the discussion. Pre-
registration is required for participation in the public comment 
session. Any member of the public who would like to participate in this 
session is encouraged to contact the Executive Secretary at his/her 
earliest convenience to register for time (limited to 5 minutes) and 
registration must be prior to close of business on November 3, 2010. It 
is requested that those who wish to have printed material distributed 
to the Committee provide thirty (30) copies of the document to the 
Executive Secretary, ACBSA, prior to close of business on November 3, 
2010. If it is not possible to provide 30 copies of the material to be 
distributed, then individuals are requested to provide at a minimum one 
(1) copy of the document(s) to be distributed prior to the close of 
business on November 3, 2010. It also is requested that any member of 
the public who wishes to provide comments to the Committee utilizing 
electronic data projection submit the necessary material to the 
Executive Secretary prior to close of business on November 3, 2010. 
Electronic comments must adhere to disability accessibility guidelines 
(Section 508 compliance).

    Dated: September 28, 2010.
Richard A. Henry,
Deputy Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and 
Availability.
[FR Doc. 2010-24735 Filed 10-1-10; 8:45 am]
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