BLOOD PRODUCTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

September 14, 2000

Briefing Information

Committee Update on the Development of Factor VIII and Von Willebrand Factor Standards,Andrew C. Change, Ph.D. & Nancy Kirschbaum, Ph.D., Division of Hematology, OBRR, CBER .doc .pdf

Blood Supply Update, Paul McCurdy, MD, NHLBI ppt html

Monitoring the US Blood Supply

OPEN COMMITTEE DISCUSSION

I. HIV p24 Antigen Testing of Plasma for Fractionation

HIV p24 antigen testing of plasma for fractionation - Potential Criteria for Discontinuation doc pdf

Criteria for Discontinuation of HIV-1 p24 Antigen Screening of Source Plasma: Current Thinking doc pdf

HIV p24 Ag Screening of U.S. Blood and Plasma Donors, Blood Systems, Inc., Michael P Busch MD, PhD

Nucleic Acid Amplification testing and Blood Safety:  What is the Paradigm?

OPEN PUBLIC HEARING

A Prospective study of Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing on Pooled Plasma vs Individual Donation HIV P24 Testing, Andrew Conrad, Ph.D., National Genetics Institute  ppt htm

HIV-1 NAT Screening of Plasma at Aventis Behring: HIV-1 vs. HIV Ag, Aventis Bio-Services, Chuck Watson, Ph.D. ppt htm

Pooled Source Plasma NAT for HIV-1, An Update from the Bayer HIV-1 IND Study, Bayer Corporation, Barbara Masecar ppt htm

Nucleic Acid Testing of the North American Blood Supply, American Red Cross, S L Stramer, S. Caglioti, D M Strong, doc pdf

Replacement of HIV-1 p24 Antigen Screening with HIV-1 RN Nucleic Acid Testing (NAT) for Whole Blood Donations, S L Stramer, R A Porter, J P Brodsky, K J Waldman, R Y Dodd, T A Armstrong, G D Griffin ppt htm

Discontinuation or No Discontinuation: Comparison of Single Unit HIV Antigen Testing vs. Pooled NAT Testing, Abbott Laboraories, Gerald Schochetman, Ph.D. ppt htm

Detection of HIV-1 p24 Antigen Positive donor Specimens by Chiron TMA HIV-1/HCV Assay, Analytical Sensitivity of Chiron TMA HIV-1/HCV Assay on Different HIV-1 Subtypes, Chiron Corp., Chyang Frang, Ph.d. ppt htm

HIV-1 p 24 Antigen Testing, America's Blood Centers, March 1996 - August 2000 doc pdf

II. DEFERRAL, AS BLOOD OR PLASMA DONORS, OF MALES WHO HAVE HAD SEX WITH MALES

Deferral of MSM, Andrew I Dayton, M.D., Ph.D. ppt htm

"Closing the Windos on Viral Transmission by Blood Transfusion," Blood Centers of the Pacific and Blood Systems Inc., Michael P Busch, M.D., Ph.D., (Copyrighted material may be viewed at Dockets Management Branch, 5630 Fishers Lane, Room 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.)

Deferral of MSM: Policy Analysis Andrew I Dayton, M.D., Ph.D ppt htm