FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION ISSUES NOTICE: GUIDANCE FOR INDUSTRY; RECOMMENDATIONS TO REDUCE THE RISK OF TRANSMISSION OF DISEASE AGENTS ASSOCIATED WITH SEPSIS BY HUMAN CELLS, TISSUES, AND CELLULAR AND TISSUE-BASED PRODUCTS; RECOMMENDATIONS TO REDUCE THE RISK OF TRANSMISSION OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS BY HUMAN CELLS, TISSUES, AND CELLULAR AND TISSUE-BASED PRODUCTS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Food and Drug Administration has issued a notice called: Guidance for Industry; Recommendations To Reduce the Risk of Transmission of Disease Agents Associated With Sepsis by Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and Tissue-Based Products; Recommendations To Reduce the Risk of Transmission of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis by Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and Tissue-Based Products.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on Feb. 3 by Dorothy A. Fink, Acting Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.

Summary: The final guidances entitled "Recommendations To Reduce the Risk of Transmission of Disease Agents Associated with Sepsis by Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and Tissue-Based Products (HCT/Ps)" ...