65FR37565A Blood Donor Recruitment Practices; Public Workshop
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Posting-number: Volume 65, Issue 116, Page 37565A
[Federal Register: June 15, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 116)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
Blood Donor Recruitment Practices; Public Workshop
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the following
public workshop: Blood Donor Recruitment Practices. The purpose of the
workshop is to gather information on recruiting blood donors and to
develop recommendations on the best practices in donor recruitment in
the United States.
Date and Time: The public workshop will be held on July 6, 2000,
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m; and on July 7, 2000, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Locations: The July 6, 2000, workshop will be held at the National
Institutes of Health, Lister Hill Center, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bldg.
38A, Bethesda, MD. The July 7, 2000, workshop will be held at the same
location, and then will move to the Natcher Conference Center, 45
Center Dr., Bldg. 45, for breakout sessions.
Contact: Joseph Wilczek, Center for Biologics Evaluation and
Research (HFM-302), Food and Drug Administration, 1401 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, MD 20852; 301-827-6129; FAX: 301-827-2843; e-mail:
wil...@cber.fda.gov.
Registration: Early registration is recommended on or before June
23, 2000. Mail or fax registration information (including name, title,
firm name, address, telephone, and fax number) to Joseph Wilczek
(address above). Registration at the site will be on a space-available
basis on the day of the workshop, beginning at 7:30 a.m. There is no
registration fee for the workshop. If you need special accommodations
due to a disability, please contact Joseph Wilczek at least 7 days in
advance.
Agenda: During the first day of the workshop, speakers from the
blood bank industry will describe successful recruitment practices. The
topics of the presentations will include methods used in successful
programs, donor perception, donor retention, telephone recruiting and
scheduling, cooperative recruiting in a competitive environment,
advertising, education, incentives, and coordinating blood collection
with anticipated needs. During the second day, attendees will break
into small groups to further discuss key donor recruitment issues. The
group discussions will be developed into recommendations of the best
practices most likely to increase blood collection to levels sufficient
to meet future transfusion needs. At the close of the second day, the
attendees will reconvene to share the group recommendations. The
information gathered at the workshop may provide the basis for an FDA
document on best practices in donor recruitment.
Transcripts: Transcripts of the meeting may be requested in writing
from the Freedom of Information Office (HFI-35), Food and Drug
Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, rm. 12A-16, Rockville, MD 20857,
approximately 15 working days after the meeting at a cost of 10 cents
per page. In addition, the transcript will be placed on the FDA
Internet site at www.fda.gov/cber/minutes/workshop-min.htm.
Dated: June 7, 2000.
William K. Hubbard,
Senior Associate Commissioner for Policy, Planning, and Legislation.
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