"Guidance for Industry: Recommendations for Deferral of Donors and Quarantine and Retrieval of Blood and Blood Products in Recent Recipients of Smallpox Vaccine (Vaccinia Virus) and Certain Contacts of Smallpox Vaccine Recipients;" Availability

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a document entitled "Guidance for Industry: Recommendations for Deferral of Donors and Quarantine and Retrieval of Blood and Blood Products in Recent Recipients of Smallpox Vaccine (Vaccinia Virus) and Certain Contacts of Smallpox Vaccine Recipients," dated December 2002. The guidance document provides guidance on quarantine of blood and blood products previously collected from such donors. Because of the likelihood of vaccination of many people with smallpox, these measures are intended to reduce the possibility of vaccinia virus transmission by blood and blood products.