82 FR 104 pgs. 25289-25290 - A Performance Test Protocol for Closed System Transfer Devices Used During Pharmacy Compounding and Administration of Hazardous Drugs; Extension of Comment Period

Type: NOTICEVolume: 82Number: 104Pages: 25289 - 25290
Docket number: [CDC-2016-0090; Docket Number NIOSH 288-A]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2017-11292 Filed 5-31-17; 8:45 am]
Agency: Health and Human Services Department
Sub Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Official PDF Version:  PDF Version
Pages: 25289, 25290

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[CDC-2016-0090; Docket Number NIOSH 288-A]

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

AGENCY:


[top] National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease page 25290 Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION:

Notice and extension of comment period.

SUMMARY:

On September 15, 2016 the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), published a notice in the Federal Register announcing a public meeting and request for public comment on a draft testing protocol.

Written comments were to be received by December 7, 2016. NIOSH initially extended the public comment period to June 7, 2017 [81 FR 88687]. NIOSH is extending the public comment period for a second time to August 30, 2017. The longer timeframe will allow companies to test the protocol with the proposed challenge agents.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Deborah V. Hirst, NIOSH, Alice Hamilton Laboratories, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS-R-5, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, telephone (513) 841-4141 (not a toll free number), Email: DHirst@cdc.gov.

ADDRESSES:

You may submit comments, identified by CDC-2016-0090 and Docket Number NIOSH 288-A, by either of the following two methods:

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.

Mail: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, NIOSH Docket Office, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C-34, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226-1998.

John Howard,

Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

[FR Doc. 2017-11292 Filed 5-31-17; 8:45 am]

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