80 FR 69226 - A Vapor Containment Performance Protocol for Closed System Transfer Devices Used During Pharmacy Compounding and Administration of Hazardous Drugs; Extension of Comment Period

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 216 (November 9, 2015)

On September 8, 2015, the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), published a notice in the Federal Register [80 FR 53802] announcing the availability of the following draft document for public comment entitled A Vapor Containment Performance Protocol for Closed System Transfer Devices Used During Pharmacy Compounding and Administration of Hazardous Drugs. Written comments were to be received by November 9, 2015. NIOSH is extending the public comment period for an additional 120 days.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 216 (Monday, November 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69226-69227]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-28456]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Docket Number CDC-2015-0075; NIOSH-288]


A Vapor Containment Performance Protocol for Closed System 
Transfer Devices Used During Pharmacy Compounding and Administration of 
Hazardous Drugs; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice and extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On September 8, 2015, the Director of the National Institute 
for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC), published a notice in the Federal 
Register [80 FR 53802] announcing the availability of the following 
draft document for public comment entitled A Vapor Containment 
Performance Protocol for Closed System Transfer Devices Used During 
Pharmacy Compounding and Administration of Hazardous Drugs. Written 
comments

[[Page 69227]]

were to be received by November 9, 2015. NIOSH is extending the public 
comment period for an additional 120 days.

DATES: NIOSH is extending the comment period on the document published 
September 8, 2015 (80 FR 53802). Electronic or written comments must be 
received by March 8, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by CDC-2015-0075 and 
docket number NIOSH-288, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov--Follow 
the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: National Institute for Occupational Safety and 
Health, NIOSH Docket Office, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C-34, Cincinnati, 
Ohio 45226-1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah V. Hirst, NIOSH, Division of 
Applied Research and Technology, Alice Hamilton Laboratories, 1090 
Tusculum Avenue, MS R-5, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, telephone (513) 841-
4141 (not a toll free number), Email: [email protected].

    Dated: November 2, 2015.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2015-28456 Filed 11-6-15; 8:45 am]
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