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GUIDANCE DOCUMENT

Notifying FDA of Fatalities Related to Blood Collection or Transfusion Guidance for Industry August 2021

Final Level 2 Revised Guidance
Docket Number:
2002D-0124
Issued by:
Guidance Issuing Office
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research

This document’s goal is to help you, a blood collection or transfusion facility, report fatalities related to blood and blood component (blood) collection or transfusion to us, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER).  This guidance updates the guidance of the same title dated September 2003.

The contents of this document do not have the force and effect of law and are not meant to bind the public in any way, unless specifically incorporated into a contract.  This document is intended only to provide clarity to the public regarding existing requirements under the law.  FDA guidance documents, including this guidance, should be viewed only as recommendations, unless specific regulatory or statutory requirements are cited.  The use of the word should in FDA guidances means that something is suggested or recommended, but not required.


Submit Comments

You can submit online or written comments on any guidance at any time (see 21 CFR 10.115(g)(5))

If unable to submit comments online, please mail written comments to:

Dockets Management
Food and Drug Administration
5630 Fishers Lane, Rm 1061
Rockville, MD 20852

All written comments should be identified with this document's docket number: 2002D-0124.

Questions?

Contact Point
Office of Communication, Outreach and Development (OCOD)
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
Food and Drug Administration
10903 New Hampshire Ave WO71-3128
Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002
ocod@fda.hhs.gov
(800) 835-4709
(240) 402-8010
 
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