83_FR_16944 83 FR 16870 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Current Good Manufacturing Practices and Related Regulations for Blood and Blood Components; and Requirements for Donation Testing, Donor Notification, and “Lookback”

83 FR 16870 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Current Good Manufacturing Practices and Related Regulations for Blood and Blood Components; and Requirements for Donation Testing, Donor Notification, and “Lookback”

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 74 (April 17, 2018)

Page Range16870-16875
FR Document2018-07972

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, we, or Agency) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2017-N-6931]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office 
of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Current Good 
Manufacturing Practices and Related Regulations for Blood and Blood 
Components; and Requirements for Donation Testing, Donor Notification, 
and ``Lookback''

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, we, or Agency) is 
announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Fax written comments on the collection of information by May 17, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on the information collection are 
received, OMB recommends that written comments be faxed to the Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attn: FDA Desk Officer, 
Fax: 202-395-7285, or emailed to [email protected]. All 
comments should be identified with the OMB control number 0910-0116. 
Also include the FDA docket number found in brackets in the heading of 
this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ila S. Mizrachi, Office of Operations, 
Food and Drug Administration, Three White Flint North, 10A-12M, 11601 
Landsdown St., North Bethesda, MD 20852, 301-796-7726, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA has 
submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB for 
review and clearance.

Current Good Manufacturing Practices and Related Regulations for Blood 
and Blood Components; and Requirements for Donation Testing, Donor 
Notification, and ``Lookback''

OMB Control Number 0910-0116--Extension

    All blood and blood components introduced or delivered for 
introduction into interstate commerce are subject to section 351(a) of 
the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act) (42 U.S.C. 262(a)). Section 
351(a) requires that manufacturers of biological products, which 
include blood and blood components intended for further manufacturing 
into products, have a license, issued upon a demonstration that the 
product is safe, pure, and potent and that the manufacturing 
establishment meets all applicable standards, including those 
prescribed in the FDA regulations designed to ensure the continued 
safety, purity, and potency of the product. In addition, under section 
361 of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 264), by delegation from the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, FDA may make and enforce regulations 
necessary to prevent the introduction, transmission, or spread of 
communicable diseases from foreign countries into the States or 
possessions, or from one State or possession into any other State or 
possession.
    Section 351(j) of the PHS Act states that the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) also applies to biological products. Blood 
and blood components for transfusion or for further manufacturing into 
products are drugs, as that term is defined in section 201(g)(1) of the 
FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. 321(g)(1)). Because blood and blood components are 
drugs under the FD&C Act, blood and plasma establishments must comply 
with the provisions and related regulatory scheme of the FD&C Act. For 
example, under section 501 of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. 351), drugs are 
deemed ``adulterated'' if the methods used in their manufacturing, 
processing, packing, or holding do not conform to current good 
manufacturing practice (CGMP) and related regulations.
    The CGMP regulations (part 606) (21 CFR part 606) and related 
regulations implement FDA's statutory authority to ensure the safety, 
purity, and potency of blood and blood components. The public health 
objective in testing human blood donations for evidence of relevant 
transfusion-transmitted infections and in notifying donors is to 
prevent the transmission of relevant transfusion-transmitted 
infections. For example, the ``lookback'' requirements are intended to 
help ensure the continued safety of the blood supply by providing 
necessary information to consignees of blood and blood components and 
appropriate notification of recipients of blood components that are at 
increased risk for transmitting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or 
hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.
    The information collection requirements in the CGMP, donation 
testing, donor notification, and ``lookback'' regulations provide FDA

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with the necessary information to perform its duty to ensure the 
safety, purity, and potency of blood and blood components. These 
requirements establish accountability and traceability in the 
processing and handling of blood and blood components and enable FDA to 
perform meaningful inspections.
    The recordkeeping requirements serve preventive and remedial 
purposes. The third-party disclosure requirements identify various 
blood and blood components and important properties of the product, 
demonstrate that the CGMP requirements have been met, and facilitate 
the tracing of a product back to its original source. The reporting 
requirements inform FDA of certain information that may require 
immediate corrective action.
    Under the reporting requirements, Sec.  606.170(b) (21 CFR 
606.170(b)), in brief, requires that facilities notify FDA's Center for 
Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), as soon as possible after a 
complication of blood collection or transfusion is confirmed to be 
fatal. The collecting facility is required to report donor fatalities, 
and the compatibility testing facility is to report recipient 
fatalities. The regulation also requires the reporting facility to 
submit a written report of the investigation within 7 days after the 
fatality. In fiscal year 2016, FDA received 81 fatality reports.
    Section 610.40(g)(2) (21 CFR 610.40(g)(2)) requires an 
establishment to obtain written approval from FDA to ship human blood 
or blood components for further manufacturing use prior to completion 
of testing for evidence of infection due to relevant transfusion-
transmitted infections.
    Section 610.41(b) (21 CFR 610.41(b)) allows for a previously 
deferred donor to subsequently be found to be an eligible donor of 
blood and blood components by a requalification method or process found 
acceptable for such purposes by FDA.
    Section 610.40(h)(2)(ii)(A), in brief, requires an establishment to 
obtain written approval from FDA to use or ship human blood or blood 
components found to be reactive by a screening test for evidence of 
infection due to a relevant transfusion-transmitted infection(s) or 
collected from a donor deferred under Sec.  610.41(a).
    In addition, Sec.  630.35(b) (21 CFR 630.35(b)) allows for a 
previously deferred donor, deferred for reasons other than Sec.  
610.41(a), to become requalified for donation by a method or process 
found acceptable for such purpose by FDA.
    Under the third-party disclosure requirements, Sec.  606.145(c) (21 
CFR 606.145(c)) requires transfusion services to notify certain blood 
collection establishments concerning bacterial contamination of 
platelets and other additional information. In table 3, FDA estimates 
that for the approximately 4,961 transfusion services, there would be 
1,400 total notifications per year to blood collection establishments 
(700 notifications that platelets are bacterially contaminated and 700 
notifications per year concerning the identity or non-identity of the 
species of the contaminating organism).
    Section 610.40(c)(1)(ii), in brief, requires that each donation 
dedicated to a single identified recipient be labeled as required under 
Sec.  606.121 (21 CFR 606.121) and with a label containing the name and 
identifying information of the recipient. The information collection 
requirements under Sec.  606.121 are part of usual and customary 
business practice.
    Section 610.40(h)(2)(ii)(C) and (D), in brief, require an 
establishment to label certain reactive human blood and blood 
components with the appropriate screening test results for evidence of 
infection due to the identified relevant transfusion-transmitted 
infection(s), and, if they are intended for further manufacturing use 
into products, to include a statement on the label indicating the 
exempted use specifically approved by FDA. Also, Sec.  610.40(h)(2)(vi) 
requires each donation of human blood or blood components, excluding 
Source Plasma, that tests reactive by a screening test for syphilis and 
is determined to be a biological false positive to be labeled with both 
test results.
    Section 610.42(a) (21 CFR 610.42(a)) requires a warning statement 
``indicating that the product was manufactured from a donation found to 
be reactive by a screening test for evidence of infection due to the 
identified relevant transfusion-transmitted infection(s)'' in the 
labeling for medical devices containing human blood or a blood 
component found to be reactive by a screening test for evidence of 
infection due to a relevant transfusion-transmitted infection(s) or 
syphilis.
    In brief, Sec. Sec.  610.46 and 610.47 (21 CFR 610.46 and 610.47) 
require blood collecting establishments to establish, maintain, and 
follow an appropriate system for performing HIV and HCV ``lookback'' 
when: (1) A donor tests reactive for evidence of HIV or HCV infection 
or (2) the collecting establishment becomes aware of other reliable 
test results or information indicating evidence of HIV or HCV infection 
(see Sec. Sec.  610.46(a)(1) and 610.47(a)(1)). The requirement for 
``an appropriate system'' requires the collecting establishment to 
design standard operating procedures (SOPs) to identify and quarantine 
all blood and blood components previously collected from a donor who 
later tests reactive for evidence of HIV or HCV infection, or when the 
collecting establishment is made aware of other reliable test results 
or information indicating evidence of HIV or HCV infection. Within 3 
calendar days of the donor testing reactive by an HIV or HCV screening 
test or the collecting establishment becoming aware of other reliable 
test results or information, the collecting establishment must, among 
other things, notify consignees to quarantine all identified previously 
collected in-date blood and blood components (Sec. Sec.  
610.46(a)(1)(ii)(B) and 610.47(a)(1)(ii)(B)) and, within 45 days, 
notify the consignees of supplemental test results, or the results of a 
reactive screening test if there is no available supplemental test that 
is approved for such use by FDA (Sec. Sec.  610.46(a)(3) and 
610.47(a)(3)).
    Consignees also must establish, maintain, and follow an appropriate 
system for performing HIV and HCV ``lookback'' when notified by the 
collecting establishment that they have received blood and blood 
components previously collected from donors who later tested reactive 
for evidence of HIV or HCV infection, or when the collecting 
establishment is made aware of other reliable test results or 
information indicating evidence of HIV or HCV infection in a donor 
(Sec. Sec.  610.46(b) and 610.47(b)). This provision for a system 
requires the consignee to establish SOPs for, among other things, 
notifying transfusion recipients of blood and blood components, or the 
recipient's physician of record or legal representative, when such 
action is indicated by the results of the supplemental (additional, 
more specific) tests or a reactive screening test if there is no 
available supplemental test that is approved for such use by FDA, or if 
under an investigational new drug application (IND) or an 
investigational device exemption (IDE), is exempted for such use by 
FDA. The consignee must make reasonable attempts to perform the 
notification within 12 weeks of receipt of the supplemental test result 
or receipt of a reactive screening test result when there is no 
available supplemental test that is approved for such use by FDA, or if 
under an IND or IDE, is exempted for such use by FDA (Sec. Sec.  
610.46(b)(3) and 610.47(b)(3)). The burden for the recordkeeping 
requirements under Sec. Sec.  610.46(a) and (b) and 610.47(a) and

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(b) are included under Sec.  606.100 (21 CFR 606.100).
    Section 630.40(a) (21 CFR 630.40(a)) requires an establishment to 
make reasonable attempts to notify any donor who has been deferred as 
required by Sec.  610.41(a), or who has been determined not to be 
eligible as a donor. Section 630.40(d)(1) requires an establishment to 
provide certain information to the referring physician of an autologous 
donor who is deferred based on the results of tests as described in 
Sec.  610.41.
    Under the recordkeeping requirements, Sec.  606.100(b), in brief, 
requires that written SOPs be maintained for all steps to be followed 
in the collection, processing, compatibility testing, storage, and 
distribution of blood and blood components used for transfusion and 
further manufacturing purposes. Section 606.100(c) requires the review 
of all records pertinent to the lot or unit of blood prior to release 
or distribution. Any unexplained discrepancy or the failure of a lot or 
unit of final product to meet any of its specifications must be 
thoroughly investigated, and the investigation, including conclusions 
and followup, must be recorded.
    In brief, Sec.  606.110(a) (21 CFR 606.110(a)) provides that the 
use of plateletpheresis and leukapheresis procedures to obtain a 
product for a specific recipient may be at variance with the additional 
standards for that specific product if, among other things, the 
physician determines and documents that the donor's health permits 
plateletpheresis or leukapheresis. Section 606.110(b) requires 
establishments to request prior approval from CBER for plasmapheresis 
of donors who do not meet donor requirements. The information 
collection requirements for Sec.  606.110(b) are approved under OMB 
control number 0910-0338 and, therefore, are not reflected in the 
tables of this document.
    Section 606.151(e) (21 CFR 606.151(e)) requires that SOPs for 
compatibility testing include procedures to expedite transfusion in 
life-threatening emergencies; records of all such incidents must be 
maintained, including complete documentation justifying the emergency 
action, which must be signed by a physician.
    Section 606.171 (21 CFR 606.171) requires establishments to 
establish and maintain procedures related to product deviations. The 
burden for the recordkeeping requirements under Sec.  606.171 are 
included under Sec.  606.100.
    So that each significant step in the collection, processing, 
compatibility testing, storage, and distribution of each unit of blood 
and blood components can be clearly traced, Sec.  606.160 (21 CFR 
606.160) requires that legible and indelible contemporaneous records of 
each such step be made and maintained for no less than 10 years. 
Section 606.160(b)(1)(viii) requires records of the quarantine, 
notification, testing, and disposition performed under the HIV and HCV 
``lookback'' provisions. Furthermore, Sec.  606.160(b)(1)(x) requires a 
blood collection establishment to maintain records of notification of 
donors deferred or determined not to be eligible for donation, 
including appropriate followup. Section 606.160(b)(1)(xi) requires an 
establishment to maintain records of notification of the referring 
physician of a deferred autologous donor, including appropriate 
followup.
    Section 606.165 (21 CFR 606.165), in brief, requires that 
distribution and receipt records be maintained to facilitate recalls, 
if necessary.
    Section 606.170(a) requires records to be maintained of any reports 
of complaints of adverse reactions arising as a result of blood 
collection or transfusion. Each such report must be thoroughly 
investigated, and a written report, including conclusions and followup, 
must be prepared and maintained. Section 606.170(a) also requires that 
when an investigation determines that the product caused the 
transfusion reaction, copies of all such written reports must be 
forwarded to and maintained by the manufacturer or collecting facility.
    Section 610.40(g)(1) requires an establishment to appropriately 
document a medical emergency for the release of human blood or blood 
components prior to completion of required testing.
    Under Sec.  630.15(a)(1)(ii)(B) (21 CFR 630.15(a)(1)(ii)(B)), FDA 
requires that for a dedicated donation based on the intended 
recipient's documented exceptional medical need, the responsible 
physician determines and documents that the health of the donor would 
not be adversely affected by donating.
    Under Sec.  630.20(c) (21 CFR 630.20(c)), a collection 
establishment may collect blood and blood components from a donor who 
is determined to be not eligible to donate under any provision of Sec.  
630.10(e) and (f) or Sec.  630.15(a), if the donation is restricted for 
use solely by a specific transfusion recipient based on documented 
exceptional medical need and the responsible physician determines and 
documents that the donor's health permits the collection procedure, and 
that the donation presents no undue medical risk to the transfusion 
recipient.
    In addition to the CGMP regulations in part 606, the regulations in 
21 CFR part 630 that include requirements for blood and blood 
components intended for transfusion or further manufacturing use and in 
21 CFR part 640 that require additional standards for certain blood and 
blood products are as follows: 21 CFR 630.5(b)(1)(i) and(d); 
630.10(c)(1) and (2); 630.10(f)(2) and (4); 630.10(g)(2)(i); 
630.15(a)(1)(ii)(A) and (B); 630.15(b)(2), (b)(7)(i) and (iii); 
630.20(a) and (b); 640.21(e)(4); 640.25(b)(4) and (c)(1); 640.31(b); 
640.33(b); 640.51(b); 640.53(b) and (c); 640.56(b) and (d); 
640.65(b)(2)(i); 640.66; 640.71(b)(1); 640.72; 640.73; and 640.76(a) 
and (b). The information collection requirements and estimated burdens 
for these regulations are included in the part 606 burden estimates, as 
described in tables 1 and 2.
    Respondents to this collection of information are licensed and 
unlicensed blood establishments that collect blood and blood 
components, including Source Plasma and Source Leukocytes, inspected by 
FDA, and transfusion services inspected by Centers for Medicare and 
Medicaid Services (CMS). Based on information received from CBER's 
database systems, there are approximately 569 licensed Source Plasma 
establishments and approximately 1,054 licensed blood collection 
establishments, for an estimated total of 1,623 (569 + 1,054) licensed 
blood collection establishments. Also, there are an estimated total of 
680 unlicensed, registered blood collection establishments for an 
approximate total of 2,303 collection establishments (569 + 1,054 + 680 
= 2,303 establishments). Of these establishments, approximately 901 
perform plateletpheresis and leukopheresis. These establishments 
annually collect approximately 53.3 million units of Whole Blood and 
blood components, including Source Plasma and Source Leukocytes, and 
are required to follow FDA ``lookback'' procedures. In addition, there 
are another estimated 4,961 establishments that fall under the Clinical 
Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) (formerly referred to 
as facilities approved for Medicare reimbursement) that transfuse blood 
and blood components.
    The following reporting, recordkeeping, and disclosure estimates 
are based on information provided by industry, CMS, and FDA experience. 
Based on information from industry, we estimate that there are 
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38.3 million donations of Source Plasma from approximately 2 million 
donors and approximately 15 million donations of Whole Blood and 
apheresis Red Blood Cells including approximately 34,500 (approximately 
0.23 percent of 15 million) autologous donations, from approximately 
10.9 million donors. Assuming each autologous donor makes an average of 
1.1 donations, FDA estimates that there are approximately 31,364 
autologous donors (34,500 autologous/1.1 average donations).
    FDA estimates that approximately 0.19 percent (21,000/10,794,000) 
of the 72,000 donations that are donated specifically for the use of an 
identified recipient would be tested under the dedicated donors' 
testing provisions in Sec.  610.40(c)(1)(ii).
    Under Sec.  610.40(g)(2) and (h)(2)(ii)(A), Source Leukocytes, a 
licensed product that is used in the manufacture of interferon, which 
requires rapid preparation from blood, is currently shipped prior to 
completion of testing for evidence of relevant transfusion-transmitted 
infections. Shipments of Source Leukocytes are approved under a 
biologics license application and each shipment does not have to be 
reported to the Agency. Based on information from CBER's database 
system, FDA receives less than one application per year from 
manufacturers of Source Leukocytes. However, for calculation purposes, 
we are estimating one application annually.
    According to CBER's database system, there are approximately 15 
licensed manufacturers that ship known reactive human blood or blood 
components under Sec.  610.40(h)(2)(ii)(C) and (D). FDA estimates that 
each manufacturer would ship an estimated 1 unit of human blood or 
blood components per month (12 per year) that would require two labels; 
one as reactive for the appropriate screening test under Sec.  
610.40(h)(2)(ii)(C), and the other stating the exempted use 
specifically approved by FDA under Sec.  610.40(h)(2)(ii)(D).
    Based on information received from industry, we estimate that 
approximately 7,544 donations will test reactive by a screening test 
for syphilis and be determined to be biological false positives by 
additional testing annually. These units would be labeled according to 
Sec.  610.40(h)(2)(vi).
    Human blood or a blood component with a reactive screening test, as 
a component of a medical device, is an integral part of the medical 
device, e.g., a positive control for an in vitro diagnostic testing 
kit. It is usual and customary business practice for manufacturers to 
include on the container label a warning statement indicating that the 
product was manufactured from a donation found to be reactive for the 
identified relevant transfusion-transmitted infection(s). In addition, 
on the rare occasion when a human blood or blood component with a 
reactive screening test is the only component available for a medical 
device that does not require a reactive component, then a warning 
statement must be affixed to the medical device. To account for this 
rare occasion under Sec.  610.42(a), we estimate that the warning 
statement would be necessary no more than once a year.
    FDA estimates that approximately 3,021 repeat donors will test 
reactive on a screening test for HIV. We also estimate that an average 
of three components was made from each donation. Under Sec.  
610.46(a)(1)(ii)(B) and (a)(3), this estimate results in 9,063 (3,021 x 
3) notifications of the HIV screening test results to consignees by 
collecting establishments for the purpose of quarantining affected 
blood and blood components, and another 9,063 (3,021 x 3) notifications 
to consignees of subsequent test results.
    We estimate that approximately 4,961 consignees will be required 
under Sec.  610.46(b)(3) to notify transfusion recipients, their legal 
representatives, or physicians of record an average of 0.35 times per 
year resulting in a total number of 1,755 (585 confirmed positive 
repeat donors x 3) notifications. Also under Sec.  610.46(b)(3), we 
estimate and include the time to gather test results and records for 
each recipient and to accommodate multiple attempts to contact the 
recipient.
    Furthermore, we estimate that approximately 6,799 repeat donors per 
year would test reactive for antibody to HCV. Under Sec.  
610.47(a)(1)(ii)(B) and (a)(3), collecting establishments would notify 
the consignee two times for each of the 20,397 (6,799 x 3 components) 
components prepared from these donations, once for quarantine purposes 
and again with additional HCV test results for a total of 40,794 
(20,397 x 2) notifications as an annual ongoing burden. Under Sec.  
610.47(b)(3), we estimate that approximately 4,961 consignees would 
notify approximately 2,050 recipients or their physicians of record 
annually.
    Based on industry estimates, approximately 14.3 percent of 
approximately 9 million potential donors (1,287,000 donors) who come to 
donate annually are determined not to be eligible for donation prior to 
collection because of failure to satisfy eligibility criteria. It is 
the usual and customary business practice of approximately 1,734 (1,054 
+ 680) blood collecting establishments to notify onsite and to explain 
why the donor is determined not to be suitable for donating. Based on 
such available information, we estimate that two-thirds (1,156) of the 
1,734 blood collecting establishments provided onsite additional 
information and counseling to a donor determined not to be eligible for 
donation as usual and customary business practice. Consequently, we 
estimate that only approximately one-third, or 578 of the 1,734 blood 
collecting establishments would need to provide, under Sec.  630.40(a), 
additional information and onsite counseling to the estimated 429,000 
(one-third of approximately 1,287,000) ineligible donors.
    It is estimated that another 4.5 percent of 10 million potential 
donors (450,000 donors) are deferred annually based on test results. We 
estimate that approximately 95 percent of the establishments that 
collect 99 percent of the blood and blood components notify donors who 
have reactive test results for HIV, hepatitis B virus, HCV, human T-
lymphotropic virus, and syphilis as usual and customary business 
practice. Consequently, 5 percent of the 1,623 licensed establishments 
(81) collecting 1 percent (4,050) of the deferred donors (405,000) 
would notify donors under Sec.  630.40(a).
    As part of usual and customary business practice, collecting 
establishments notify an autologous donor's referring physician of 
reactive test results obtained during the donation process required 
under Sec.  630.40(d)(1). However, we estimate that approximately 5 
percent of the 1,054 blood collection establishments (53) may not 
notify the referring physicians of the estimated 2 percent of 31,364 
autologous donors with the initial reactive test results (627) as their 
usual and customary business practice.
    The recordkeeping chart reflects the estimate that approximately 95 
percent of the recordkeepers, which collect 99 percent of the blood 
supply, have developed SOPs as part of their customary and usual 
business practice. Establishments may minimize burdens associated with 
CGMP and related regulations by using model standards developed by 
industries' accreditation organizations. These accreditation 
organizations represent almost all registered blood establishments.
    Under Sec.  606.160(b)(1)(x), we estimate the total annual records 
based on the approximately 1,287,000 donors determined not to be 
eligible to donate and each of the estimated 1,692,000 (1,287,000 + 
405,000) donors deferred based on reactive test results for

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evidence of infection because of relevant transfusion-transmitted 
infections. Under Sec.  606.160(b)(1)(xi), only the 1,734 registered 
blood establishments collect autologous donations and, therefore, are 
required to notify referring physicians. We estimate that 4.5 percent 
of the 31,364 autologous donors (1,411) will be deferred under Sec.  
610.41, which in turn will lead to the notification of their referring 
physicians.
    Under Sec.  610.41(b), FDA estimates that there would be 25 
submissions for requalification of donors. In addition, FDA estimates 
that there would be only three notifications for requalification of 
donors under Sec.  630.35(b). FDA also estimates the average time for 
each submission.
    FDA permits the shipment of untested or incompletely tested human 
blood or blood components in rare medical emergencies and when 
appropriately documented (Sec.  610.40(g)(1)). We estimate the 
recordkeeping under Sec.  610.40(g)(1) to be minimal with one or fewer 
occurrences per year. The reporting of test results to the consignee in 
Sec.  610.40(g) is part of the usual and customary business practice of 
blood establishments.
    In the Federal Register of January 23, 2018 (83 FR 3165), FDA 
published a 60-day notice requesting public comment on the proposed 
collection of information. Although one comment was received, it was 
not responsive to the four collection of information topics solicited 
and therefore will not be discussed in this document.
    The average burden per response (hours) and average burden per 
recordkeeping (hours) are based on estimates received from industry or 
FDA experience with similar reporting or recordkeeping requirements.
    FDA estimates the burden of this collection of information as 
follows:

                                  Table 1--Estimated Annual Reporting Burden 1
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                                                     Number of
         21 CFR section              Number of     responses per   Total annual   Average burden    Total hours
                                    respondents     respondent       responses     per response
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606.170(b) \2\..................              81               1              81              20           1,620
610.40(g)(2)....................               1               1               1               1               1
610.41(b).......................           1,623           0.015              25               7             175
610.40(h)(2)(ii)(A).............               1               1               1               1               1
630.35(b).......................           1,623           0.002               3               7              21
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    Total.......................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............           1,818
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\1\ There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of
  information.
\2\ The reporting requirement in Sec.   640.73, which addresses the reporting of fatal donor reactions, is
  included in the estimate for Sec.   606.170(b).


                                Table 2--Estimated Annual Recordkeeping Burden 1
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                                                 Number of
   21 CFR section/activity       Number of      records per    Total annual   Average burden per    Total hours
                               recordkeepers   recordkeeper       records        recordkeeping
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606.100(b) \2\..............         \5\ 363               1             363  24................           8,712
606.100(c)..................         \5\ 363              10           3,630  1.................           3,630
606.110(a) \3\..............          \6\ 45               1              45  0.5 (30 min)......              23
606.151(e)..................         \5\ 363              12           4,356  0.08 (5 min.).....             348
606.160 \4\.................         \5\ 363       1,055.096         383,000  0.75 (45 min.)....         287,250
606.160(b)(1)(viii) HIV                1,734         10.4533          18,126  0.17 (10 min.)....           3,081
 consignee notification.      ..............  ..............  ..............  0.17 (10 min.)....  ..............
                                       4,961          3.6537          18,126                               3,081
606.160(b)(1)(viii) HCV                1,734         23.5259          40,794  0.17 (10 min.)....           6,935
 consignee notification.      ..............  ..............  ..............  0.17 (10 min).....  ..............
                                       4,961          8.2229          40,794                               6,935
HIV recipient notification..           4,961          0.3538           1,755  0.17 (10 min.)....             298
HCV recipient notification..           4,961          0.4132           2,050  0.17 (10 min.)....             349
606.160(b)(1)(x)............           2,303        734.6939       1,692,000  0.05 (3 min.).....          84,600
606.160(b)(1)(xi)...........           1,734          0.8137           1,411  0.05 (3 min.).....              71
606.165.....................         \5\ 363       1,055.096         383,000  0.08 (5 min.).....          30,640
606.170(a)..................         \5\ 363              12           4,356  1.................           4,356
610.40(g)(1)................           2,303               1           2,303  0.5 (30 min.).....           1,152
630.15(a)(1)(ii)(B).........           1,734               1           1,734  1.................           1,734
630.20(c)...................           1,734               1           1,734  1.................           1,734
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total...................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..................         444,930
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\1\ There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of
  information.
\2\ The recordkeeping requirements in Sec.  Sec.   606.171, 610.46(a) and (b), 610.47(a) and (b), 630.5(d),
  630.10(c)(1) and (2), and 640.66, which address the maintenance of SOPs, are included in the estimate for Sec.
    606.100(b).
\3\ The recordkeeping requirements in Sec.   640.27(b), which address the maintenance of donor health records
  for the plateletpheresis, are included in the estimate for Sec.   606.110(a).
\4\ The recordkeeping requirements in Sec.  Sec.   606.110(a)(2); 630.5(b)(1)(i); 630.109(f)(2) and (4);
  630.10(g)(2)(i); 630.15(a)(1)(ii)(A) and (B); 630.15(b)(2), (b)(7)(i) and (iii); 630.20(a) and (b);
  640.21(e)(4); 640.25(b)(4) and (c)(1); 640.31(b); 640.33(b); 640.51(b); 640.53(b) and (c); 640.56(b) and (d);
  630.15(b)(2); 640.65(b)(2)(i); 640.71(b)(1); 640.72; 640.73; and 640.76(a) and (b), which address the
  maintenance of various records are included in the estimate for Sec.   606.160.
\5\ Five percent of establishments that fall under CLIA that transfuse blood and components and FDA-registered
  blood establishments (0.05 x 4,961 + 2,303 = 363).
\6\ Five percent of plateletpheresis and leukopheresis establishments (0.05 x 901 = 45).


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                            Table 3--Estimated Annual Third-Party Disclosure Burden 1
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                                                 Number of
       21 CFR section            Number of      disclosures    Total annual   Average burden per    Total hours
                                respondents   per respondent    disclosures       disclosure
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606.145(c)..................           4,961          0.2822           1,400  0.02..............              28
606.170(a)..................         \2\ 363              12           4,356  0.5 (30 min.).....           2,178
610.40(c)(1)(ii)............           2,303          0.0595             137  0.08 (5 min.).....              11
610.40(h)(2)(ii)(C) and                   15              12             180  0.20 (12 min.)....              36
 (h)(2)(ii)(D).
610.40(h)(2)(vi)............           2,303            3.28           7,554  0.08 (5 min.).....             604
610.42(a)...................               1               1               1  1.................               1
610.46(a)(1)(ii)(B).........           1,734          5.2266           9,063  0.17 (10 min.)....           1,541
610.46(a)(3)................           1,734          5.2266           9,063  0.17 (10 min.)....           1,541
610.46(b)(3)................           4,961          0.3538           1,755  1.................           1,755
610.47(a)(1)(ii)(B).........           1,734         11.7630          20,397  0.17 (10 min.)....           3,467
610.47(a)(3)................           1,734         11.7630          20,397  0.17 (10 min.)....           3,467
610.47(b)(3)................           4,961          0.4132           2,050  1.................           2,050
630.40(a) \3\...............             578         742.214         429,000  0.08 (5 min.).....          34,320
630.40(a) \4\...............              81              50           4,050  1.5...............           6,075
630.40(d)(1)................              53           11.83             627  1.................             627
                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total...................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..................          57,701
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\1\ There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of
  information.
\2\ Five percent of establishments that fall under CLIA that transfuse blood and components and FDA-registered
  blood establishments (0.05 x 4,961 + 2,303 = 363).
\3\ Notification of donors determined not to be eligible for donation based on failure to satisfy eligibility
  criteria.
\4\ Notification of donors deferred based on reactive test results for evidence of infection due to relevant
  transfusion-transmitted infections.

    The burden for this information collection has changed since the 
last OMB approval. Because of a slight decrease in the number of blood 
establishments during the last 3 years, FDA has decreased our 
recordkeeping and third-party disclosure burden estimates.

    Dated: April 12, 2018.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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                                                 1. Product name.                                      DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                              Service Act (PHS Act) (42 U.S.C.
                                                 2. Application number.                                HUMAN SERVICES                                        262(a)). Section 351(a) requires that
                                                                                                                                                             manufacturers of biological products,
                                                 3. Chemical name and structure.                       Food and Drug Administration                          which include blood and blood
                                                 4. Proposed indication(s) or context of               [Docket No. FDA–2017–N–6931]                          components intended for further
                                               product development.                                                                                          manufacturing into products, have a
                                                 5. Background section that includes a                 Agency Information Collection                         license, issued upon a demonstration
                                               brief history of the development                        Activities; Submission for Office of                  that the product is safe, pure, and potent
                                                                                                       Management and Budget Review;                         and that the manufacturing
                                               program and the events leading up to
                                                                                                       Comment Request; Current Good                         establishment meets all applicable
                                               the meeting, and the status of product
                                                                                                       Manufacturing Practices and Related                   standards, including those prescribed in
                                               development.                                                                                                  the FDA regulations designed to ensure
                                                                                                       Regulations for Blood and Blood
                                                 6. Proposed agenda, including                         Components; and Requirements for                      the continued safety, purity, and
                                               estimated times needed for discussion                   Donation Testing, Donor Notification,                 potency of the product. In addition,
                                               of each agenda item.                                    and ‘‘Lookback’’                                      under section 361 of the PHS Act (42
                                                 7. List of questions for discussion                                                                         U.S.C. 264), by delegation from the
                                                                                                       AGENCY:    Food and Drug Administration,              Secretary of Health and Human
                                               with a brief summary for each question
                                                                                                       HHS.                                                  Services, FDA may make and enforce
                                               to explain the need or context for the
                                                                                                       ACTION:   Notice.                                     regulations necessary to prevent the
                                               question.
                                                                                                                                                             introduction, transmission, or spread of
                                                 8. Drug development issue (e.g.,                      SUMMARY:   The Food and Drug                          communicable diseases from foreign
                                               dosing, clinical trial design, safety                   Administration (FDA, we, or Agency) is                countries into the States or possessions,
                                               prediction), including the proposed                     announcing that a proposed collection                 or from one State or possession into any
                                               MIDD approach to the solution,                          of information has been submitted to the              other State or possession.
                                               information to support discussion (e.g.,                Office of Management and Budget                          Section 351(j) of the PHS Act states
                                               a description of the data used for                      (OMB) for review and clearance under                  that the Federal Food, Drug, and
                                               developing the models, model                            the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.                  Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) also applies to
                                               development, simulation plan, results),                 DATES: Fax written comments on the                    biological products. Blood and blood
                                               and how the Agency can help guide any                   collection of information by May 17,                  components for transfusion or for
                                               next steps relative to the regulatory                   2018.                                                 further manufacturing into products are
                                               decision making process, which should                                                                         drugs, as that term is defined in section
                                                                                                       ADDRESSES:   To ensure that comments on
                                                                                                                                                             201(g)(1) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C.
                                               be summarized and clearly articulated                   the information collection are received,
                                                                                                                                                             321(g)(1)). Because blood and blood
                                               with any supporting data imperative to                  OMB recommends that written
                                                                                                                                                             components are drugs under the FD&C
                                               the discussion.                                         comments be faxed to the Office of
                                                                                                                                                             Act, blood and plasma establishments
                                                                                                       Information and Regulatory Affairs,
                                               E. Meeting Summaries                                                                                          must comply with the provisions and
                                                                                                       OMB, Attn: FDA Desk Officer, Fax: 202–
                                                                                                                                                             related regulatory scheme of the FD&C
                                                 A meeting summary will be sent to                     395–7285, or emailed to oira_
                                                                                                                                                             Act. For example, under section 501 of
                                               the requester within 60 days of each                    submission@omb.eop.gov. All
                                                                                                                                                             the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. 351), drugs are
                                                                                                       comments should be identified with the                deemed ‘‘adulterated’’ if the methods
                                               meeting.
                                                                                                       OMB control number 0910–0116. Also                    used in their manufacturing, processing,
                                               IV. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995                     include the FDA docket number found                   packing, or holding do not conform to
                                                                                                       in brackets in the heading of this                    current good manufacturing practice
                                                 This notice refers to collections of                  document.
                                               information that are subject to review by                                                                     (CGMP) and related regulations.
                                                                                                       FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:    Ila                  The CGMP regulations (part 606) (21
                                               the Office of Management and Budget
                                                                                                       S. Mizrachi, Office of Operations, Food               CFR part 606) and related regulations
                                               (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction                                                                           implement FDA’s statutory authority to
                                                                                                       and Drug Administration, Three White
                                               Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520). The                  Flint North, 10A–12M, 11601                           ensure the safety, purity, and potency of
                                               collection of information resulting from                Landsdown St., North Bethesda, MD                     blood and blood components. The
                                               formal meetings between sponsors or                     20852, 301–796–7726, PRAStaff@                        public health objective in testing human
                                               applicants and FDA has been approved                    fda.hhs.gov.                                          blood donations for evidence of relevant
                                               under OMB control number 0910–0429.                                                                           transfusion-transmitted infections and
                                               The collection of information in 21 CFR                 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:    In
                                                                                                                                                             in notifying donors is to prevent the
                                               part 312 (INDs) has been approved                       compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA
                                                                                                                                                             transmission of relevant transfusion-
                                                                                                       has submitted the following proposed
                                               under OMB control number 0910–0014.                                                                           transmitted infections. For example, the
                                                                                                       collection of information to OMB for
                                                 Dated: April 12, 2018.                                                                                      ‘‘lookback’’ requirements are intended
                                                                                                       review and clearance.
                                                                                                                                                             to help ensure the continued safety of
                                               Leslie Kux,
                                                                                                       Current Good Manufacturing Practices                  the blood supply by providing necessary
                                               Associate Commissioner for Policy.                      and Related Regulations for Blood and                 information to consignees of blood and
                                               [FR Doc. 2018–08010 Filed 4–16–18; 8:45 am]             Blood Components; and Requirements                    blood components and appropriate
                                               BILLING CODE 4164–01–P                                  for Donation Testing, Donor                           notification of recipients of blood
                                                                                                       Notification, and ‘‘Lookback’’                        components that are at increased risk for
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                                                                                                                                                             transmitting human immunodeficiency
                                                                                                       OMB Control Number 0910–0116—                         virus (HIV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV)
                                                                                                       Extension                                             infection.
                                                                                                         All blood and blood components                         The information collection
                                                                                                       introduced or delivered for introduction              requirements in the CGMP, donation
                                                                                                       into interstate commerce are subject to               testing, donor notification, and
                                                                                                       section 351(a) of the Public Health                   ‘‘lookback’’ regulations provide FDA


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                                               with the necessary information to                       606.145(c)) requires transfusion services             appropriate system’’ requires the
                                               perform its duty to ensure the safety,                  to notify certain blood collection                    collecting establishment to design
                                               purity, and potency of blood and blood                  establishments concerning bacterial                   standard operating procedures (SOPs) to
                                               components. These requirements                          contamination of platelets and other                  identify and quarantine all blood and
                                               establish accountability and traceability               additional information. In table 3, FDA               blood components previously collected
                                               in the processing and handling of blood                 estimates that for the approximately                  from a donor who later tests reactive for
                                               and blood components and enable FDA                     4,961 transfusion services, there would               evidence of HIV or HCV infection, or
                                               to perform meaningful inspections.                      be 1,400 total notifications per year to              when the collecting establishment is
                                                  The recordkeeping requirements serve                 blood collection establishments (700                  made aware of other reliable test results
                                               preventive and remedial purposes. The                   notifications that platelets are                      or information indicating evidence of
                                               third-party disclosure requirements                     bacterially contaminated and 700                      HIV or HCV infection. Within 3
                                               identify various blood and blood                        notifications per year concerning the                 calendar days of the donor testing
                                               components and important properties of                  identity or non-identity of the species of            reactive by an HIV or HCV screening
                                               the product, demonstrate that the CGMP                  the contaminating organism).                          test or the collecting establishment
                                               requirements have been met, and                            Section 610.40(c)(1)(ii), in brief,                becoming aware of other reliable test
                                               facilitate the tracing of a product back                requires that each donation dedicated to              results or information, the collecting
                                               to its original source. The reporting                   a single identified recipient be labeled              establishment must, among other things,
                                               requirements inform FDA of certain                      as required under § 606.121 (21 CFR                   notify consignees to quarantine all
                                               information that may require immediate                  606.121) and with a label containing the              identified previously collected in-date
                                               corrective action.                                      name and identifying information of the               blood and blood components
                                                  Under the reporting requirements,                    recipient. The information collection                 (§§ 610.46(a)(1)(ii)(B) and
                                               § 606.170(b) (21 CFR 606.170(b)), in                    requirements under § 606.121 are part of              610.47(a)(1)(ii)(B)) and, within 45 days,
                                               brief, requires that facilities notify                  usual and customary business practice.                notify the consignees of supplemental
                                               FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation                      Section 610.40(h)(2)(ii)(C) and (D), in            test results, or the results of a reactive
                                               and Research (CBER), as soon as                         brief, require an establishment to label              screening test if there is no available
                                               possible after a complication of blood                  certain reactive human blood and blood                supplemental test that is approved for
                                               collection or transfusion is confirmed to               components with the appropriate                       such use by FDA (§§ 610.46(a)(3) and
                                               be fatal. The collecting facility is                    screening test results for evidence of                610.47(a)(3)).
                                               required to report donor fatalities, and                infection due to the identified relevant
                                               the compatibility testing facility is to                transfusion-transmitted infection(s),                    Consignees also must establish,
                                               report recipient fatalities. The regulation             and, if they are intended for further                 maintain, and follow an appropriate
                                               also requires the reporting facility to                 manufacturing use into products, to                   system for performing HIV and HCV
                                               submit a written report of the                          include a statement on the label                      ‘‘lookback’’ when notified by the
                                               investigation within 7 days after the                   indicating the exempted use specifically              collecting establishment that they have
                                               fatality. In fiscal year 2016, FDA                      approved by FDA. Also,                                received blood and blood components
                                               received 81 fatality reports.                           § 610.40(h)(2)(vi) requires each donation             previously collected from donors who
                                                  Section 610.40(g)(2) (21 CFR                         of human blood or blood components,                   later tested reactive for evidence of HIV
                                               610.40(g)(2)) requires an establishment                 excluding Source Plasma, that tests                   or HCV infection, or when the collecting
                                               to obtain written approval from FDA to                  reactive by a screening test for syphilis             establishment is made aware of other
                                               ship human blood or blood components                    and is determined to be a biological                  reliable test results or information
                                               for further manufacturing use prior to                  false positive to be labeled with both                indicating evidence of HIV or HCV
                                               completion of testing for evidence of                   test results.                                         infection in a donor (§§ 610.46(b) and
                                               infection due to relevant transfusion-                     Section 610.42(a) (21 CFR 610.42(a))               610.47(b)). This provision for a system
                                               transmitted infections.                                 requires a warning statement                          requires the consignee to establish SOPs
                                                  Section 610.41(b) (21 CFR 610.41(b))                 ‘‘indicating that the product was                     for, among other things, notifying
                                               allows for a previously deferred donor                  manufactured from a donation found to                 transfusion recipients of blood and
                                               to subsequently be found to be an                       be reactive by a screening test for                   blood components, or the recipient’s
                                               eligible donor of blood and blood                       evidence of infection due to the                      physician of record or legal
                                               components by a requalification method                  identified relevant transfusion-                      representative, when such action is
                                               or process found acceptable for such                    transmitted infection(s)’’ in the labeling            indicated by the results of the
                                               purposes by FDA.                                        for medical devices containing human                  supplemental (additional, more specific)
                                                  Section 610.40(h)(2)(ii)(A), in brief,               blood or a blood component found to be                tests or a reactive screening test if there
                                               requires an establishment to obtain                     reactive by a screening test for evidence             is no available supplemental test that is
                                               written approval from FDA to use or                     of infection due to a relevant                        approved for such use by FDA, or if
                                               ship human blood or blood components                    transfusion-transmitted infection(s) or               under an investigational new drug
                                               found to be reactive by a screening test                syphilis.                                             application (IND) or an investigational
                                               for evidence of infection due to a                         In brief, §§ 610.46 and 610.47 (21 CFR             device exemption (IDE), is exempted for
                                               relevant transfusion-transmitted                        610.46 and 610.47) require blood                      such use by FDA. The consignee must
                                               infection(s) or collected from a donor                  collecting establishments to establish,               make reasonable attempts to perform the
                                               deferred under § 610.41(a).                             maintain, and follow an appropriate                   notification within 12 weeks of receipt
                                                  In addition, § 630.35(b) (21 CFR                     system for performing HIV and HCV                     of the supplemental test result or receipt
                                               630.35(b)) allows for a previously                      ‘‘lookback’’ when: (1) A donor tests                  of a reactive screening test result when
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                                               deferred donor, deferred for reasons                    reactive for evidence of HIV or HCV                   there is no available supplemental test
                                               other than § 610.41(a), to become                       infection or (2) the collecting                       that is approved for such use by FDA,
                                               requalified for donation by a method or                 establishment becomes aware of other                  or if under an IND or IDE, is exempted
                                               process found acceptable for such                       reliable test results or information                  for such use by FDA (§§ 610.46(b)(3)
                                               purpose by FDA.                                         indicating evidence of HIV or HCV                     and 610.47(b)(3)). The burden for the
                                                  Under the third-party disclosure                     infection (see §§ 610.46(a)(1) and                    recordkeeping requirements under
                                               requirements, § 606.145(c) (21 CFR                      610.47(a)(1)). The requirement for ‘‘an               §§ 610.46(a) and (b) and 610.47(a) and


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                                               (b) are included under § 606.100 (21                    unit of blood and blood components can                presents no undue medical risk to the
                                               CFR 606.100).                                           be clearly traced, § 606.160 (21 CFR                  transfusion recipient.
                                                  Section 630.40(a) (21 CFR 630.40(a))                 606.160) requires that legible and                       In addition to the CGMP regulations
                                               requires an establishment to make                       indelible contemporaneous records of                  in part 606, the regulations in 21 CFR
                                               reasonable attempts to notify any donor                 each such step be made and maintained                 part 630 that include requirements for
                                               who has been deferred as required by                    for no less than 10 years. Section                    blood and blood components intended
                                               § 610.41(a), or who has been determined                 606.160(b)(1)(viii) requires records of               for transfusion or further manufacturing
                                               not to be eligible as a donor. Section                  the quarantine, notification, testing, and            use and in 21 CFR part 640 that require
                                               630.40(d)(1) requires an establishment                  disposition performed under the HIV                   additional standards for certain blood
                                               to provide certain information to the                   and HCV ‘‘lookback’’ provisions.                      and blood products are as follows: 21
                                               referring physician of an autologous                    Furthermore, § 606.160(b)(1)(x) requires              CFR 630.5(b)(1)(i) and(d); 630.10(c)(1)
                                               donor who is deferred based on the                      a blood collection establishment to                   and (2); 630.10(f)(2) and (4);
                                               results of tests as described in § 610.41.              maintain records of notification of                   630.10(g)(2)(i); 630.15(a)(1)(ii)(A) and
                                                  Under the recordkeeping                              donors deferred or determined not to be               (B); 630.15(b)(2), (b)(7)(i) and (iii);
                                               requirements, § 606.100(b), in brief,                   eligible for donation, including                      630.20(a) and (b); 640.21(e)(4);
                                               requires that written SOPs be                           appropriate followup. Section                         640.25(b)(4) and (c)(1); 640.31(b);
                                               maintained for all steps to be followed                 606.160(b)(1)(xi) requires an                         640.33(b); 640.51(b); 640.53(b) and (c);
                                               in the collection, processing,                          establishment to maintain records of                  640.56(b) and (d); 640.65(b)(2)(i);
                                               compatibility testing, storage, and                     notification of the referring physician of            640.66; 640.71(b)(1); 640.72; 640.73; and
                                               distribution of blood and blood                         a deferred autologous donor, including                640.76(a) and (b). The information
                                               components used for transfusion and                     appropriate followup.                                 collection requirements and estimated
                                               further manufacturing purposes. Section                    Section 606.165 (21 CFR 606.165), in               burdens for these regulations are
                                               606.100(c) requires the review of all                   brief, requires that distribution and                 included in the part 606 burden
                                               records pertinent to the lot or unit of                 receipt records be maintained to                      estimates, as described in tables 1 and
                                               blood prior to release or distribution.                 facilitate recalls, if necessary.                     2.
                                               Any unexplained discrepancy or the                                                                               Respondents to this collection of
                                                                                                          Section 606.170(a) requires records to
                                               failure of a lot or unit of final product                                                                     information are licensed and unlicensed
                                                                                                       be maintained of any reports of
                                               to meet any of its specifications must be                                                                     blood establishments that collect blood
                                                                                                       complaints of adverse reactions arising
                                               thoroughly investigated, and the                                                                              and blood components, including
                                                                                                       as a result of blood collection or
                                               investigation, including conclusions                                                                          Source Plasma and Source Leukocytes,
                                                                                                       transfusion. Each such report must be
                                               and followup, must be recorded.                                                                               inspected by FDA, and transfusion
                                                  In brief, § 606.110(a) (21 CFR                       thoroughly investigated, and a written
                                                                                                                                                             services inspected by Centers for
                                               606.110(a)) provides that the use of                    report, including conclusions and
                                                                                                                                                             Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
                                               plateletpheresis and leukapheresis                      followup, must be prepared and                        Based on information received from
                                               procedures to obtain a product for a                    maintained. Section 606.170(a) also                   CBER’s database systems, there are
                                               specific recipient may be at variance                   requires that when an investigation                   approximately 569 licensed Source
                                               with the additional standards for that                  determines that the product caused the                Plasma establishments and
                                               specific product if, among other things,                transfusion reaction, copies of all such              approximately 1,054 licensed blood
                                               the physician determines and                            written reports must be forwarded to                  collection establishments, for an
                                               documents that the donor’s health                       and maintained by the manufacturer or                 estimated total of 1,623 (569 + 1,054)
                                               permits plateletpheresis or                             collecting facility.                                  licensed blood collection
                                               leukapheresis. Section 606.110(b)                          Section 610.40(g)(1) requires an                   establishments. Also, there are an
                                               requires establishments to request prior                establishment to appropriately                        estimated total of 680 unlicensed,
                                               approval from CBER for plasmapheresis                   document a medical emergency for the                  registered blood collection
                                               of donors who do not meet donor                         release of human blood or blood                       establishments for an approximate total
                                               requirements. The information                           components prior to completion of                     of 2,303 collection establishments (569
                                               collection requirements for § 606.110(b)                required testing.                                     + 1,054 + 680 = 2,303 establishments).
                                               are approved under OMB control                             Under § 630.15(a)(1)(ii)(B) (21 CFR                Of these establishments, approximately
                                               number 0910–0338 and, therefore, are                    630.15(a)(1)(ii)(B)), FDA requires that               901 perform plateletpheresis and
                                               not reflected in the tables of this                     for a dedicated donation based on the                 leukopheresis. These establishments
                                               document.                                               intended recipient’s documented                       annually collect approximately 53.3
                                                  Section 606.151(e) (21 CFR                           exceptional medical need, the                         million units of Whole Blood and blood
                                               606.151(e)) requires that SOPs for                      responsible physician determines and                  components, including Source Plasma
                                               compatibility testing include procedures                documents that the health of the donor                and Source Leukocytes, and are
                                               to expedite transfusion in life-                        would not be adversely affected by                    required to follow FDA ‘‘lookback’’
                                               threatening emergencies; records of all                 donating.                                             procedures. In addition, there are
                                               such incidents must be maintained,                         Under § 630.20(c) (21 CFR 630.20(c)),              another estimated 4,961 establishments
                                               including complete documentation                        a collection establishment may collect                that fall under the Clinical Laboratory
                                               justifying the emergency action, which                  blood and blood components from a                     Improvement Amendments of 1988
                                               must be signed by a physician.                          donor who is determined to be not                     (CLIA) (formerly referred to as facilities
                                                  Section 606.171 (21 CFR 606.171)                     eligible to donate under any provision                approved for Medicare reimbursement)
                                               requires establishments to establish and                of § 630.10(e) and (f) or § 630.15(a), if             that transfuse blood and blood
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                                               maintain procedures related to product                  the donation is restricted for use solely             components.
                                               deviations. The burden for the                          by a specific transfusion recipient based                The following reporting,
                                               recordkeeping requirements under                        on documented exceptional medical                     recordkeeping, and disclosure estimates
                                               § 606.171 are included under § 606.100.                 need and the responsible physician                    are based on information provided by
                                                  So that each significant step in the                 determines and documents that the                     industry, CMS, and FDA experience.
                                               collection, processing, compatibility                   donor’s health permits the collection                 Based on information from industry, we
                                               testing, storage, and distribution of each              procedure, and that the donation                      estimate that there are approximately


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                                               38.3 million donations of Source Plasma                 indicating that the product was                       collecting establishments to notify
                                               from approximately 2 million donors                     manufactured from a donation found to                 onsite and to explain why the donor is
                                               and approximately 15 million donations                  be reactive for the identified relevant               determined not to be suitable for
                                               of Whole Blood and apheresis Red                        transfusion-transmitted infection(s). In              donating. Based on such available
                                               Blood Cells including approximately                     addition, on the rare occasion when a                 information, we estimate that two-thirds
                                               34,500 (approximately 0.23 percent of                   human blood or blood component with                   (1,156) of the 1,734 blood collecting
                                               15 million) autologous donations, from                  a reactive screening test is the only                 establishments provided onsite
                                               approximately 10.9 million donors.                      component available for a medical                     additional information and counseling
                                               Assuming each autologous donor makes                    device that does not require a reactive               to a donor determined not to be eligible
                                               an average of 1.1 donations, FDA                        component, then a warning statement                   for donation as usual and customary
                                               estimates that there are approximately                  must be affixed to the medical device.                business practice. Consequently, we
                                               31,364 autologous donors (34,500                        To account for this rare occasion under               estimate that only approximately one-
                                               autologous/1.1 average donations).                      § 610.42(a), we estimate that the                     third, or 578 of the 1,734 blood
                                                  FDA estimates that approximately                     warning statement would be necessary                  collecting establishments would need to
                                               0.19 percent (21,000/10,794,000) of the                 no more than once a year.                             provide, under § 630.40(a), additional
                                               72,000 donations that are donated                          FDA estimates that approximately                   information and onsite counseling to the
                                               specifically for the use of an identified               3,021 repeat donors will test reactive on             estimated 429,000 (one-third of
                                               recipient would be tested under the                     a screening test for HIV. We also                     approximately 1,287,000) ineligible
                                               dedicated donors’ testing provisions in                 estimate that an average of three                     donors.
                                               § 610.40(c)(1)(ii).                                     components was made from each                            It is estimated that another 4.5 percent
                                                  Under § 610.40(g)(2) and (h)(2)(ii)(A),              donation. Under § 610.46(a)(1)(ii)(B) and             of 10 million potential donors (450,000
                                               Source Leukocytes, a licensed product                   (a)(3), this estimate results in 9,063                donors) are deferred annually based on
                                               that is used in the manufacture of                      (3,021 × 3) notifications of the HIV                  test results. We estimate that
                                               interferon, which requires rapid                        screening test results to consignees by               approximately 95 percent of the
                                               preparation from blood, is currently                    collecting establishments for the                     establishments that collect 99 percent of
                                               shipped prior to completion of testing                  purpose of quarantining affected blood                the blood and blood components notify
                                               for evidence of relevant transfusion-                   and blood components, and another                     donors who have reactive test results for
                                               transmitted infections. Shipments of                    9,063 (3,021 × 3) notifications to                    HIV, hepatitis B virus, HCV, human T-
                                               Source Leukocytes are approved under                    consignees of subsequent test results.                lymphotropic virus, and syphilis as
                                               a biologics license application and each                   We estimate that approximately 4,961               usual and customary business practice.
                                               shipment does not have to be reported                   consignees will be required under                     Consequently, 5 percent of the 1,623
                                               to the Agency. Based on information                     § 610.46(b)(3) to notify transfusion                  licensed establishments (81) collecting 1
                                               from CBER’s database system, FDA                        recipients, their legal representatives, or           percent (4,050) of the deferred donors
                                               receives less than one application per                  physicians of record an average of 0.35               (405,000) would notify donors under
                                               year from manufacturers of Source                       times per year resulting in a total                   § 630.40(a).
                                               Leukocytes. However, for calculation                    number of 1,755 (585 confirmed                           As part of usual and customary
                                               purposes, we are estimating one                         positive repeat donors × 3) notifications.            business practice, collecting
                                               application annually.                                   Also under § 610.46(b)(3), we estimate                establishments notify an autologous
                                                  According to CBER’s database system,                 and include the time to gather test                   donor’s referring physician of reactive
                                               there are approximately 15 licensed                     results and records for each recipient                test results obtained during the donation
                                               manufacturers that ship known reactive                  and to accommodate multiple attempts                  process required under § 630.40(d)(1).
                                               human blood or blood components                         to contact the recipient.                             However, we estimate that
                                               under § 610.40(h)(2)(ii)(C) and (D). FDA                   Furthermore, we estimate that                      approximately 5 percent of the 1,054
                                               estimates that each manufacturer would                  approximately 6,799 repeat donors per                 blood collection establishments (53)
                                               ship an estimated 1 unit of human blood                 year would test reactive for antibody to              may not notify the referring physicians
                                               or blood components per month (12 per                   HCV. Under § 610.47(a)(1)(ii)(B) and                  of the estimated 2 percent of 31,364
                                               year) that would require two labels; one                (a)(3), collecting establishments would               autologous donors with the initial
                                               as reactive for the appropriate screening               notify the consignee two times for each               reactive test results (627) as their usual
                                               test under § 610.40(h)(2)(ii)(C), and the               of the 20,397 (6,799 × 3 components)                  and customary business practice.
                                               other stating the exempted use                          components prepared from these                           The recordkeeping chart reflects the
                                               specifically approved by FDA under                      donations, once for quarantine purposes               estimate that approximately 95 percent
                                               § 610.40(h)(2)(ii)(D).                                  and again with additional HCV test                    of the recordkeepers, which collect 99
                                                  Based on information received from                   results for a total of 40,794 (20,397 × 2)            percent of the blood supply, have
                                               industry, we estimate that                              notifications as an annual ongoing                    developed SOPs as part of their
                                               approximately 7,544 donations will test                 burden. Under § 610.47(b)(3), we                      customary and usual business practice.
                                               reactive by a screening test for syphilis               estimate that approximately 4,961                     Establishments may minimize burdens
                                               and be determined to be biological false                consignees would notify approximately                 associated with CGMP and related
                                               positives by additional testing annually.               2,050 recipients or their physicians of               regulations by using model standards
                                               These units would be labeled according                  record annually.                                      developed by industries’ accreditation
                                               to § 610.40(h)(2)(vi).                                     Based on industry estimates,                       organizations. These accreditation
                                                  Human blood or a blood component                     approximately 14.3 percent of                         organizations represent almost all
                                               with a reactive screening test, as a                    approximately 9 million potential                     registered blood establishments.
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                                               component of a medical device, is an                    donors (1,287,000 donors) who come to                    Under § 606.160(b)(1)(x), we estimate
                                               integral part of the medical device, e.g.,              donate annually are determined not to                 the total annual records based on the
                                               a positive control for an in vitro                      be eligible for donation prior to                     approximately 1,287,000 donors
                                               diagnostic testing kit. It is usual and                 collection because of failure to satisfy              determined not to be eligible to donate
                                               customary business practice for                         eligibility criteria. It is the usual and             and each of the estimated 1,692,000
                                               manufacturers to include on the                         customary business practice of                        (1,287,000 + 405,000) donors deferred
                                               container label a warning statement                     approximately 1,734 (1,054 + 680) blood               based on reactive test results for


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                                               evidence of infection because of                                           donors under § 630.35(b). FDA also                                          day notice requesting public comment
                                               relevant transfusion-transmitted                                           estimates the average time for each                                         on the proposed collection of
                                               infections. Under § 606.160(b)(1)(xi),                                     submission.                                                                 information. Although one comment
                                               only the 1,734 registered blood                                              FDA permits the shipment of untested                                      was received, it was not responsive to
                                               establishments collect autologous                                          or incompletely tested human blood or                                       the four collection of information topics
                                               donations and, therefore, are required to                                  blood components in rare medical                                            solicited and therefore will not be
                                               notify referring physicians. We estimate                                   emergencies and when appropriately                                          discussed in this document.
                                               that 4.5 percent of the 31,364 autologous                                  documented (§ 610.40(g)(1)). We
                                                                                                                          estimate the recordkeeping under                                              The average burden per response
                                               donors (1,411) will be deferred under                                                                                                                  (hours) and average burden per
                                                                                                                          § 610.40(g)(1) to be minimal with one or
                                               § 610.41, which in turn will lead to the                                                                                                               recordkeeping (hours) are based on
                                                                                                                          fewer occurrences per year. The
                                               notification of their referring physicians.                                                                                                            estimates received from industry or FDA
                                                                                                                          reporting of test results to the consignee
                                                 Under § 610.41(b), FDA estimates that                                    in § 610.40(g) is part of the usual and                                     experience with similar reporting or
                                               there would be 25 submissions for                                          customary business practice of blood                                        recordkeeping requirements.
                                               requalification of donors. In addition,                                    establishments.                                                               FDA estimates the burden of this
                                               FDA estimates that there would be only                                       In the Federal Register of January 23,                                    collection of information as follows:
                                               three notifications for requalification of                                 2018 (83 FR 3165), FDA published a 60-

                                                                                                             TABLE 1—ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN 1
                                                                                                                                                                         Number of                                                Average
                                                                                                                                               Number of                                            Total annual
                                                                               21 CFR section                                                                          responses per                                            burden per              Total hours
                                                                                                                                              respondents                                            responses
                                                                                                                                                                         respondent                                              response

                                               606.170(b) 2 ..........................................................................                        81                          1                           81                         20            1,620
                                               610.40(g)(2) .........................................................................                          1                          1                            1                          1                1
                                               610.41(b) ..............................................................................                    1,623                      0.015                           25                          7              175
                                               610.40(h)(2)(ii)(A) .................................................................                           1                          1                            1                          1                1
                                               630.35(b) ..............................................................................                    1,623                      0.002                            3                          7               21

                                                     Total ..............................................................................   ........................   ........................   ........................   ........................          1,818
                                                  1 There    are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.
                                                  2 The    reporting requirement in § 640.73, which addresses the reporting of fatal donor reactions, is included in the estimate for § 606.170(b).

                                                                                                        TABLE 2—ESTIMATED ANNUAL RECORDKEEPING BURDEN 1
                                                                                                                                                                          Number of                                             Average
                                                                                                                                              Number of                                            Total annual
                                                                         21 CFR section/activity                                                                         records per                                           burden per               Total hours
                                                                                                                                            recordkeepers                                            records
                                                                                                                                                                        recordkeeper                                         recordkeeping

                                               606.100(b) 2 .........................................................................                      5 363                      1                          363         24 ...................           8,712
                                               606.100(c) ............................................................................                     5 363                     10                        3,630         1 .....................          3,630
                                               606.110(a) 3 .........................................................................                        6 45                     1                           45         0.5 (30 min) ...                    23
                                               606.151(e) ...........................................................................                      5 363                     12                        4,356         0.08 (5 min.) ..                   348
                                               606.160 4 ..............................................................................                    5 363              1,055.096                      383,000         0.75 (45 min.)                 287,250
                                               606.160(b)(1)(viii) HIV consignee notification .....................                                        1,734                10.4533                       18,126         0.17 (10 min.)                   3,081
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             0.17 (10 min.)
                                                                                                                                                           4,961                  3.6537                       18,126                                          3,081
                                               606.160(b)(1)(viii) HCV consignee notification ....................                                         1,734                 23.5259                       40,794        0.17 (10 min.)                    6,935
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             0.17 (10 min)
                                                                                                                                                           4,961                 8.2229                      40,794                                            6,935
                                               HIV recipient notification ......................................................                           4,961                 0.3538                       1,755          0.17 (10 min.)                      298
                                               HCV recipient notification ....................................................                             4,961                 0.4132                       2,050          0.17 (10 min.)                      349
                                               606.160(b)(1)(x) ...................................................................                        2,303               734.6939                   1,692,000          0.05 (3 min.) ..                 84,600
                                               606.160(b)(1)(xi) ..................................................................                        1,734                 0.8137                       1,411          0.05 (3 min.) ..                     71
                                               606.165 ................................................................................                    5 363              1,055.096                     383,000          0.08 (5 min.) ..                 30,640
                                               606.170(a) ...........................................................................                      5 363                     12                       4,356          1 .....................           4,356
                                               610.40(g)(1) .........................................................................                      2,303                      1                       2,303          0.5 (30 min.) ..                  1,152
                                               630.15(a)(1)(ii)(B) ................................................................                        1,734                      1                       1,734          1 .....................           1,734
                                               630.20(c) ..............................................................................                    1,734                      1                       1,734          1 .....................           1,734

                                                     Total ..............................................................................   ........................   ........................   ........................   ........................       444,930
                                                  1 There  are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.
                                                  2 The  recordkeeping requirements in §§ 606.171, 610.46(a) and (b), 610.47(a) and (b), 630.5(d), 630.10(c)(1) and (2), and 640.66, which ad-
                                               dress the maintenance of SOPs, are included in the estimate for § 606.100(b).
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                                                  3 The recordkeeping requirements in § 640.27(b), which address the maintenance of donor health records for the plateletpheresis, are included
                                               in the estimate for § 606.110(a).
                                                  4 The recordkeeping requirements in §§ 606.110(a)(2); 630.5(b)(1)(i); 630.109(f)(2) and (4); 630.10(g)(2)(i); 630.15(a)(1)(ii)(A) and (B);
                                               630.15(b)(2), (b)(7)(i) and (iii); 630.20(a) and (b); 640.21(e)(4); 640.25(b)(4) and (c)(1); 640.31(b); 640.33(b); 640.51(b); 640.53(b) and (c);
                                               640.56(b) and (d); 630.15(b)(2); 640.65(b)(2)(i); 640.71(b)(1); 640.72; 640.73; and 640.76(a) and (b), which address the maintenance of various
                                               records are included in the estimate for § 606.160.
                                                  5 Five percent of establishments that fall under CLIA that transfuse blood and components and FDA-registered blood establishments (0.05 ×
                                               4,961 + 2,303 = 363).
                                                  6 Five percent of plateletpheresis and leukopheresis establishments (0.05 × 901 = 45).




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                                                                                               TABLE 3—ESTIMATED ANNUAL THIRD-PARTY DISCLOSURE BURDEN 1
                                                                                                                                                                         Number of                                               Average
                                                                                                                                              Number of                  disclosures               Total annual
                                                                               21 CFR section                                                                                                                                   burden per              Total hours
                                                                                                                                             respondents                     per                   disclosures                  disclosure
                                                                                                                                                                         respondent

                                               606.145(c) ............................................................................                     4,961                  0.2822                       1,400         0.02 ................                28
                                               606.170(a) ...........................................................................                      2 363                       12                      4,356         0.5 (30 min.) ..                  2,178
                                               610.40(c)(1)(ii) .....................................................................                      2,303                  0.0595                         137         0.08 (5 min.) ..                     11
                                               610.40(h)(2)(ii)(C) and (h)(2)(ii)(D) ......................................                                   15                       12                        180         0.20 (12 min.)                       36
                                               610.40(h)(2)(vi) ....................................................................                       2,303                     3.28                      7,554         0.08 (5 min.) ..                    604
                                               610.42(a) .............................................................................                         1                        1                          1         1 .....................               1
                                               610.46(a)(1)(ii)(B) ................................................................                        1,734                  5.2266                       9,063         0.17 (10 min.)                    1,541
                                               610.46(a)(3) .........................................................................                      1,734                  5.2266                       9,063         0.17 (10 min.)                    1,541
                                               610.46(b)(3) .........................................................................                      4,961                  0.3538                       1,755         1 .....................           1,755
                                               610.47(a)(1)(ii)(B) ................................................................                        1,734                 11.7630                      20,397         0.17 (10 min.)                    3,467
                                               610.47(a)(3) .........................................................................                      1,734                 11.7630                      20,397         0.17 (10 min.)                    3,467
                                               610.47(b)(3) .........................................................................                      4,961                  0.4132                       2,050         1 .....................           2,050
                                               630.40(a) 3 ...........................................................................                       578                 742.214                     429,000         0.08 (5 min.) ..                 34,320
                                               630.40(a) 4 ...........................................................................                        81                       50                      4,050         1.5 ..................            6,075
                                               630.40(d)(1) .........................................................................                         53                   11.83                         627         1 .....................             627

                                                     Total ..............................................................................   ........................   ........................   ........................   ........................         57,701
                                                  1 There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.
                                                  2 Five percent of establishments that fall under CLIA that transfuse blood and components and FDA-registered blood establishments (0.05 ×
                                               4,961 + 2,303 = 363).
                                                 3 Notification of donors determined not to be eligible for donation based on failure to satisfy eligibility criteria.
                                                 4 Notification of donors deferred based on reactive test results for evidence of infection due to relevant transfusion-transmitted infections.




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                                               Associate Commissioner for Policy.                                         Medicine and Dentistry, Bureau of                                           training programs, and make
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                                               Medicine and Dentistry (ACTPCMD)                                           under section 747, as well as training                                      and may be limited as time allows.
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DatesFax written comments on the collection of information by May 17, 2018.
ContactIla S. Mizrachi, Office of Operations, Food and Drug Administration, Three White Flint North, 10A-12M, 11601 Landsdown St., North Bethesda, MD 20852, 301-796-7726, [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 16870 

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