21 CFR §606.122
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A circular of information must be available for distribution if the product is intended for transfusion. The circular of information must provide adequate directions for use, including the following information:
- (a)Instructions to mix the product before use.
- (b)Instructions to use a filter in the administration equipment.
- (c)The statement “Do Not Add Medications” or an explanation concerning allowable additives.
- (d)A description of the product, its source, and preparation, including the name and proportion of the anticoagulant used in collecting the Whole Blood from each product is prepared.
- (e)A statement that the product was prepared from blood that was found negative when tested for relevant transfusion-transmitted infections, as required under § 610.40 of this chapter (include each test that was performed).
- (f)The statement: “Warning: The risk of transmitting infectious agents is present. Careful donor selection and available laboratory tests do not eliminate the hazard.”
- (g)The names of cryoprotective agents and other additives that may still be present in the product.
- (h)The names and results of all tests performed when necessary for safe and effective use.
- (i)The use of the product, indications, contradications, side effects and hazards, dosage and administration recommendations.
- (j)[Reserved]
- (k)For Red Blood Cells, the circular of information must contain:
- (l)For Platelets, the circular of information must contain:
- (m)For Plasma, the circular of information must contain:
- (1)A warning against further processing of the frozen product if there is evidence of breakage or thawing.
- (2)Instructions to thaw the frozen product at a temperature appropriate for the product.
- (3)When applicable, instructions to begin administration of the product within a specified time after thawing.
- (4)Instructions to administer to ABO-group-compatible recipients.
- (5)A statement that this product has the same risk of transmitting infectious agents as Whole Blood; other plasma volume expanders without this risk are available for treating hypovolemia.
- (n)For Cryoprecipitated AHF, the circular of information must contain:
- (1)A statement that the average potency is 80 or more International Units of antihemophilic factor.
- (2)The statement: “Usually contains at least 150 milligrams of fibrinogen”; or, alternatively, the average fibrinogen level determined by assay of representative units.
- (3)A warning against further processing of the product if there is evidence of breakage or thawing.
- (4)Instructions to thaw the product for no more than 15 minutes at a temperature of between 30 and 37 °C.
- (5)Instructions to store at room temperature after thawing and to begin administration as soon as possible but no more than 4 hours after entering the container or after pooling and within 6 hours after thawing.
- (6)A statement that 0.9 percent Sodium Chloride Injection U.S.P. is the preferred diluent.
- (7)Adequate instructions for pooling to ensure complete removal of all concentrated material from each container.
- (8)The statement: “Good patient management requires monitoring treatment responses to Cryoprecipitated AHF transfusions with periodic plasma factor VIII or fibrinogen assays in hemophilia A and hypofibrinogenemic recipients, respectively.”