Blood Products Advisory Committee

Blood Products Advisory Committee
Meeting on February 29, 2012, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Agenda: On February 29, 2012, the committee will discuss the evaluation of possible new plasma products manufactured following storage at room temperature for up to 24 hours, namely, plasma for transfusion prepared from whole blood held at room temperature for up to 24 hours prior to separation and freezing, or from apheresis plasma held at room temperature for up to 24 hours before freezing. In the afternoon, the committee will hear the following updates: Report from the Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability and summary of the December 5–6, 2011, meeting; update on HHS activities related to the evaluation of the donor deferral policy for men who have had sex with other men; summary of the November 8–9, 2011, public workshop on hemoglobin standard and maintaining an adequate blood supply; summary of the November 29, 2011, public workshop on data and data needs to advance risk assessment for emerging infectious diseases for blood and blood products; and an update on thrombotic adverse events and immune globulin products.