Fifty-Fifth ACBTSA Meeting: December 1, 2021

December 1, 2021

Agenda

TIME	AGENDA ITEM	SPEAKER
11:00am – 11:05am	Welcome	Claudia Cohn, MD, PhD Committee Chair
11:05am – 11:08am	Roll Call	James Berger Designated Federal Officer
11:08am – 11:10am	Call to Order	James Berger
11:10am – 11:15am	Welcome Remarks from the Assistant Secretary for Health	Rachel Levine, MD ADM, USPHS Assistant Secretary for Health
11:15am – 11:25am	Purpose of the Meeting	Claudia Cohn, MD, PhD
Presentations and Committee Business
11:25am – 11:35am	Introduction	Sridhar V. Basavaraju, MD Director, CDC Office of Blood, Organ and Other Tissue Safety
11:35am – 12:00pm	OPTN Data on Organ Transplantation in the <10 Population	David Klassen, MD Chief Medical Officer United Network for Organ Sharing
12:00pm – 12:10pm	Description of Comments Received to DTAC	Lara Danziger-Isakov, MD, MPH Professor of Pediatrics Director, Immunocompromised Host Infectious Diseases Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
12:10pm – 12:40pm	CDC Data on Proposed Question	Rebecca Free, MD, MPH Medical Officer, CDC's Office of Blood, Organ, and Other Tissue Safety
12:40pm – 1:05pm	Description of DTAC meeting, Proposed Policy Changes, and Proposed Timeline	Lara Danziger-Isakov, MD, MPH
1:05pm – 1:40pm	Discussion on Pediatric Recommendation & Vote	Claudia Cohn, MD, PhD
1:40pm – 1:55pm	Summary of Meeting	Claudia Cohn, MD, PhD James Berger
1:55pm – 2:00pm	Wrap-up and Adjournment	Claudia Cohn, MD, PhD James Berger

The fifty-fifth ACBTSA meeting was held on December 1, 2021.

During this meeting, the committee discussed a recommendation to modify the PHS Guidelines pertaining to blood testing requirements for pediatric organ transplantation.

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