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Guidance for Industry: Recommendations for the Assessment of Donor Suitability and Blood Product Safety in Cases of Suspected Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) or Exposure to SARS

Final04/17/2003

Scope & Applicability

Product Classes

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Whole Blood

Blood component subject to the recommendations in this guidance

Source Plasma

Specific blood component with distinct testing recommendations; Recommendations for testing Source Plasma differ from whole blood.

Source Leukocytes

Blood component intended for further manufacture

Recovered Plasma

Guidance applies to recovered plasma intended for further manufacturing.

Blood products

Not within the scope of this guidance

Plasma derivatives

undergo intentional viral clearance procedures

Stakeholders

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Blood Establishments

Entities responsible for manufacture and labeling of CSP; Must follow instructions for use provided by the device manufacturer; Blood establishments that manufacture licensed blood components

Donors

Determining Eligibility of Donors of Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and Tissue-Based Products

Tissue Establishments

Entities to which this guidance does not strictly apply but may consider implementation.

Licensed establishments

Licensed establishments implementing these recommendations must report this change to FDA

Regulatory Context

Attributes

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temperature

time and temperature needed to significantly minimize Salmonella

Incubation Period

Duration for which media fill containers are held, specified as no less than 14 days.

Biohazard

Required label for quarantined products used in research

pH

Intrinsic characteristic affecting the growth of L. monocytogenes; intrinsic characteristic used as a process control; parameter to monitor for control; Process control parameters such as pH; Used to define listeristatic formulations

Related CFR Sections (5)

See Also (8)