Letters and Comments

A joint letter from America’s Blood Centers, AABB, and the American Red Cross requesting an extension of the enforcement discretion period to ensure CCP remains readily available to patients in need.

ABC, along with AABB and American Red Cross, recently sent a joint letter to the Biden-Harris Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board, to encourage continued support on the awareness of the need for CCP donations. Our organizations are available as resources and look forward to working with the President-elect and the Vice President-elect transition team, the Transition…

AABB, America’s Blood Centers, and the American Red Cross applauds the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) on its recommendation to prioritize “healthcare personnel,” including blood centers’ personnel, for the allocation of the COVID-19 vaccine, and urges CDC to adopt this recommendation. Collectively, our organizations represent the nation’s blood collection establishments, transfusion services, and transfusion…

AABB, America’s Blood Centers and the American Red Cross, which collectively represent the nation’s blood collection establishments, transfusion services, and transfusion medicine professionals, have jointly submitted a letter to FDA to request an extension on the deadline to implement the new CCP EUA requirements.

AABB, America’s Blood Centers and the American Red Cross, which collectively represent the nation’s blood collection establishments, transfusion services, and transfusion medicine professionals, are submitting these comments on the interim final rule with comment period, CMS3401-IFC: Medicare and Medicaid Programs, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA), and Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Additional…

On September 4, 2020, AABB, America’s Blood Centers, and the American Red Cross jointly submitted comments addressing the need to identify blood centers as health care facilities for the purpose of vaccine allocation.