Direct Links to important GMP Blood Product Guidelines

FDA Guidance for Industry Recommendations for Deferral of Donors and Quarantine and Retrieval of Blood and Blood Products in Recent Recipients of Smallpox Vaccine (Vaccinia Virus) and Certain Contacts of Smallpox Vaccine Recipients

This guidance document provides the current recommendations of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for assessment of donor suitability and quarantine and retrieval of blood and blood products in cases of donors exposed to vaccinia virus, which is the virus used in smallpox vaccines.

FDA Guidance for Industry Recommendations for Assessment of Donor Suitability and Blood and Blood Product Safety in Cases of Possible Exposure to Anthrax

FDA Recommendations for assessmant of donor suitability referring possible contact with Anthrax

FDA Guidance for FDA Reviewers Premarket Notification Submissions for Blood and Plasma Warmers

This guidance presents an overview of the type of information FDA reviewers should expect to be included in premarket notifications submitted for such devices and the approach FDA reviewers normally should take in reviewing premarket submissions for blood and plasma warmers used in blood establishments.

FDA Guidance for FDA Reviewers Premarket Notification Submissions for Transfer Sets (Excluding Sterile Connecting Devices)

This guidance presents an overview of the type of information FDA reviewers should expect to be included in premarket notifications submitted for such devices and the approach FDA reviewers normally should take in reviewing premarket submissions for transfer sets (excluding sterile connecting devices) used in blood establishments.

FDA Guidance for FDA Reviewers Premarket Notification Submissions for Empty Containers for the Collection and Processing of Blood and Blood Components

This guidance presents an overview of the type of information FDA reviewers should expect to be included in the premarket notifications submitted for such devices and the approach FDA reviewers normally should take in reviewing premarket submissions for empty containers for the collection and processing of blood and blood components used in blood establishments.

FDA Guidance for Industry Revised Recommendations Regarding Invalidation of Test Results of Licensed and 510(k) Cleared Bloodborne Pathogen Assays Used to Test Donors

FDA now recommends implementation of quality assurance and quality control procedures that involve use of external control reagents beyond those provided by the test kit manufacturer in order to contribute to overall testing accuracy and therefore to blood safety.

FDA Guidance for Industry Recommendations for Collecting Red Blood Cells by Automated Apheresis Methods

This guidance document provides the recommendations of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the use of FDA cleared automated blood cell separators in blood establishments for collecting single and double units of Red Blood Cells (RBC).

FDA Guidance for Industry: Pre-Storage Leukocyte Reduction of Whole Blood and Blood Components Intended for Transfusion.

This document describes Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommendations regarding pre-storage leukocyte reduction of Whole Blood and blood components intended for transfusion, including products made by apheresis.

FDA Guidance for Industry Use of Sterile Connecting Devices in Blood Bank Practices

This guidance describes recommended practices and procedures for use of Sterile Connecting Devices.

FDA Guidance for Industry Availability of Licensed Donor Screening Tests Labeled for Use with Cadaveric Blood Specimens

The purpose of this guidance document is to inform all establishments or persons engaged in the testing of donations of human tissue intended for transplantation and regulated under 21 CFR Part 1270 of the availability of two licensed donor screening tests labeled for use with cadaveric (post-mortem) blood specimens

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