[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 216 (Monday, November 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69226-69227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-28456]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Docket Number CDC-2015-0075; NIOSH-288]


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

AGENCY: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice and extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On September 8, 2015, the Director of 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 [80 FR 53802] announcing the availability of the following 
draft document for public comment entitled A Vapor Containment 
Performance Protocol for Closed System Transfer Devices Used During 
Pharmacy Compounding and Administration of Hazardous Drugs. Written 
comments

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were to be received by November 9, 2015. NIOSH is extending the public 
comment period for an additional 120 days.

DATES: NIOSH is extending the comment period on the document published 
September 8, 2015 (80 FR 53802). Electronic or written comments must be 
received by March 8, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by CDC-2015-0075 and 
docket number NIOSH-288, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah V. Hirst, NIOSH, Division of 
Applied Research and Technology, Alice Hamilton Laboratories, 1090 
Tusculum Avenue, MS R-5, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, telephone (513) 841-
4141 (not a toll free number), Email: [email protected].

    Dated: November 2, 2015.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2015-28456 Filed 11-6-15; 8:45 am]
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