federal_register: 2012-28357
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| 2012-28357 | Antiseptic Patient Preoperative Skin Preparation Products; Public Hearing; Request for Comments | Notice | The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) is announcing a public hearing to obtain input on how to address microbial contamination of patient preoperative skin preparation drug products. Currently, patient preoperative skin preparations are not required to be sterile. Bacteria can contaminate these products at the time of manufacture or during product use. Contaminated patient preoperative skin preparations have been associated with clinical infections and adverse outcomes. At this public hearing, FDA is interested in obtaining public comment about certain scientific and product use issues related to patient preoperative skin preparations. Date and Time:The public hearing will be held on December 12 and 13, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The meeting may be extended or may end early, depending on the level of public participation. Location: The public hearing will be held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Washington, DC/Silver Spring, The Ballrooms, 8727 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring, MD 20910. Contact Person: Lee Lemley, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20903, 301-796-3441, FAX: 301- 847-8753, email: AntisepticPreOpPublicMeeting@fda.hhs.gov. Registration: The public hearing is free, and seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Attendees who do not wish to make an oral presentation do not need to register. If you need special accommodations due to disability, please contact Lee Lemley (see Contact Person) at least 7 days in advance. Requests for Oral Presentations: If you wish to make an oral presentation during the hearing, you must register by submitting a written or electronic request by close of business on November 27, 2012, to Lee Lemley (see Contact Person). Provide your name, title, business affiliation (if applicable), address, telephone and fax numbers, email address, and type of organization you represent (e.g., pharmaceutical company or consumer organization). You also should submit a brief summary of the presentation, including the discussion topic(s) that will be addressed and the approximate time requested for your presentation. We encourage individuals and organizations with common interests to consolidate or coordinate their presentations to allow adequate time for each request for presentation. Persons registered to make an oral presentation should check in before the hearing. Participants should submit a copy of each presentation to Lee Lemley (see Contact Person) no later than December 7, 2012. We will file the hearing schedule, indicating the order of presentation and the time allotted to each person, with the Division of Dockets Management (see Comments). We will mail, email, or telephone the schedule to each participant before the hearing. In anticipation of the hearing presentations moving ahead of schedule, participants are encouraged to arrive early to ensure their designated order of presentation. Participants who are not present when called risk forfeiting their scheduled time. Comments: Interested persons may submit either written comments regarding this document to the Division of Dockets Management (HFA- 305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852 or electronic comments to http:// www.regulations.gov. Comments will be accepted after the hearing until February 12, 2013. Persons who wish to provide additional materials for consideration should file these materials with the Division of Dockets Management. You should annotate and organize your comments to identify the specific questions identified by the topic to which they refer. It is only necessary to send one set of comments. Identify comments with the docket number found in brackets in the heading of this document. Received comments may be seen in the Division of Dockets Management between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, and will be posted to the docket at http:// www.regulations.gov. Transcripts: Please be advised that as soon as a transcript is available, it will be accessible at http://www.regulations.gov. It may be viewed at the Division of Dockets Management (see Comments). A transcript will also be available in either hard copy or on CD-ROM, after submission of a Freedom of Information request. Written requests are to be sent to the Division of Freedom of Information (ELEM-1029), Food and Drug Administration, 12420 Parklawn Dr., Element Bldg., Rockville, MD 20857. | 2012-11-21 | 2012 | 11 | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/11/21/2012-28357/antiseptic-patient-preoperative-skin-preparation-products-public-hearing-request-for-comments | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-11-21/pdf/2012-28357.pdf | Health and Human Services Department; Food and Drug Administration | 221,199 | The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) is announcing a public hearing to obtain input on how to address microbial contamination of patient preoperative skin preparation drug products. Currently, patient preoperative skin preparations are... |