Fertility Preservation Network e-News August 2016

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"FL Health Officials Confirm Local Zika Transmission"

On July 29, 2016, FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER)

released a statement

requesting that all blood establishments in Miami-Dade County and Broward County cease collecting blood immediately until the blood establishments can implement proper safety measures to address non-travel related cases of Zika virus. The Agency is working closely with companies that are making blood screening tests available under an Investigational New Drug application (IND). At least two diagnostic tests have received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for detection of Zika virus. However until those tests are approved for donor screening, Wynwood, FL becomes the first area in the United States where travel to or residence in will cause a reproductive tissue donor to be ineligible based on Zika risk.

The American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) has recognized this same issue. With a need to know the status of an affected area, they created a "Tracking Zika Travel Notices Table".

For updated CDC information, including the Florida area outbreak use the links below:

Advice for people living in or traveling to Wynwood, a neighborhood in Florida

Areas with Zika

Blood & Tissue Collection Centers

Areas At Risk for Locally Acquired Vector-borne Zika Cases

Where in the World is ReproTech?

September 10th

North Texas Blood Cancer Expo - Dallas, TX

September 20th-23rd

American Association of Tissue Bank Annual Meeting - New Orleans, LA

October 15th-19th

American Society for Reproductive Medicine Annual Meeting - Salt Lake City, UT