Fifty-First ACBTSA Meeting (online)

August 26, 2020 - August 27, 2020

Meeting Materials

The fifty-first meeting of the Advisory Committee on Blood and Tissue Safety and Availability was held on August 26 and 27.

Meeting Summary - August 27

Meeting Summary - August 26

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Agenda

August 26, 2020

TIME AGENDA ITEM SPEAKER

Committee Business

12:30 p.m. Welcome and Swearing-in 

Admiral Brett P. Giroir, Assistant Secretary for Health

Jackie Frederick, MT (ASCP) SBB, MBA, Hon DB/DPH, Chair

12:40 p.m. Roll Call James Berger, MS, MT (ASCP) SBB
12:45 p.m. Purpose of the Meeting

Jackie Frederick, MT (ASCP) SBB, MBA, Hon DB/DPH, Chair

Jay Menitove, MD

1:00 p.m. Introductory Presentation and Overview of the Public Health Emergencies; Clinical Perspective and Historical Perspective

Merlyn Sayers, MD, Blood Center and Clinical Perspective

Roger Dodd, PhD

Current Experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic

1:30 p.m. AABB Interorganizational Disaster Task Force Response Brian Gannon, Chairman, AABB Interorganizational Disaster Task Force and CEO, Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center
1:50 p.m. Experience of Hospitals and Transfusion Services

Claudia Cohn, MD, CMO, AABB and Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota

2:20 p.m. Experience of Blood Centers: Donor Engagement, Blood Donors and Donation Process, and Public Awareness and Communications Mike Parejko, CEO, Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center and President, America's Blood Centers
2:50 p.m. Afternoon Break  
3:15 p.m. Experience of Blood Centers: Blood Inventories, Supply Chain, CCP, and Financial Impact

Bill Block, CEO, Blood Centers of America

Chris Hrouda, President, Biomedical Services, American Red Cross 

David Green, President and CEO, Vitalant

4:15 p.m. Experience of FDA: Blood Products Industry Peter Marks, MD, PhD, Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA
4:45 p.m. Manufacturer Experience Dean Gregory, President, Global Commercial Operations for Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapy, Fresenius Kabi
5:15 p.m. Adjournment  

August 27, 2020

TIME AGENDA ITEM SPEAKER

Committee Business

8:30 a.m. Call to Order Jackie Fredrick, MT (ASCP) SBB, MBA, Hon DB/DPH
8:40 a.m. Roll Call James Berger, MS, MT (ASCP) SBB
8:50 a.m. First Day Recap of the Meeting Jay Menitove, MD
9:00 a.m. Government Data Collection Systems for Transfusion Medicine and Blood Operations

Steven A. Anderson, PhD, MPP, Director, Office of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA

Sridhar V. Basavaraju, MD, Director, Office of Blood, Organ, and Other Tissue Safety, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Simone Glynn MD, MSc, MPH, Chief, Blood Epidemiology and Clinical Therapeutics Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Stakeholder Statements and Presentations

9:30 a.m. Patient Perspective Nathan Schafer, APLUS
9:50 a.m. AABB Debra BenAvram, FASAE, CAE, CEO, AABB
10:10 a.m. America's Blood Centers Kate FryMBA, CAE, CEO, America's Blood Centers
 
10:30 a.m. American Red Cross  Chris Hrouda, President, Biomedical Services, American Red Cross 
10:50 a.m. Morning Break  
11:05 a.m. U.S. Department of Defense Colonel Audra L. Taylor, Division Chief,  Armed Services Blood Program, U.S. Department of Defense
11:25 a.m. Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association  Amy Efantis, President and CEO, Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association 
11:45 a.m. Public Comment  
12:00 p.m. Lunch  

Considerations for the Future

1:00 p.m. Blood-based Therapies for Patient Treatment, CCP, and Other Immunotherapies Michael Joyner, MD, Mayo Clinic
1:30 p.m. Innovation in Blood Products for the Future, Responding to Public Health Emergencies  John Holcomb, MD
2:00 p.m. Q&A

Michael Joyner, MD, Mayo Clinic

John Holcomb, MD

2:30 p.m. Afternoon Break  

Discussion, Questions, and Recommendations

2:45 p.m. Committee Discussion  
3:45 p.m. Formulation of Committee Findings and Recommendations Jay Menitove, MD
4:45 p.m. New Business and Next Steps Jackie Frederick, MT (ASCP) SBB, MBA, Hon DB/DPH, Chair
5:00 p.m. Adjournment James Berger, MS, MT (ASCP) SBB
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