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Are you prepared? Hurricane safety + Sept. 20 doxycycline expiration date extension webinar

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September 8, 2017  |  FDA Medical Countermeasures Initiative Update

Hurricane food safety - National Preparedness Month

How you can be prepared

While FDA and other agencies work hard every day to help prepare the nation for potential threats, everyone can be involved in disaster readiness. 
During September—National Preparedness Month—learn what you can do now, including precautions for storing water and ensuring the safety of food and medical supplies for your family and pets during and after heavy rain, possible flooding and power outages.
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    Webinar for public health preparedness stakeholders

    Extending Expiration Dates of Stockpiled Doxycycline: Overview of FDA Guidance 
    September 20, 2017, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET
    CDC’s Division of Strategic National Stockpile and FDA will host a webinar for an overview of FDA’s April 2017 draft guidance Extending Expiration Dates of Doxycycline Tablets and Capsules in Strategic Stockpiles (PDF, 226 KB).
    Panelists from FDA will discuss drug product expiry date extensions, background for issuing the draft guidance, specific doxycycline products for which the guidance applies and recommended protocol for testing, and the process for requesting and receiving an authorized extension from FDA.
    The webinar is open to all federal, state, and local government public health and emergency response stakeholders, non-governmental organizations, and laboratory representatives who have an interest in the process for extending the shelf life of stockpiled doxycycline for anthrax preparedness.
    How to register
    Register for this webinar via CDC TRAIN. Participants must have a CDC TRAIN account, which is available via http://cdc.train.org. To search and register for this webinar, enter the course ID number: 1072608. Please direct questions to snsquestions@cdc.gov.
    Join FDA and CDC for an overview of FDA’s draft guidance Extending Expiration Dates of Doxycycline Tablets and Capsules in Strategic Stockpiles
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