[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 201 (Friday, October 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 54116]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27568]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee Meeting
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) announces the following meeting.
Name: Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee
(HICPAC).
Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., November 17, 1997 and 8:30 a.m.-
1 p.m., November 18, 1997.
Place: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Building 16,
Room 1107/1107A, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. In
addition to the Committee, the room will accommodate approximately 25
guests.
Purpose: The Committee is charged with providing advice and
guidance to the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary for Health, the
Director, CDC, and the Director, National Center for Infectious
Diseases (NCID), regarding (1) the practice of hospital infection
control; (2) strategies for surveillance, prevention, and control of
nosocomial infections in U.S. hospitals; and (3) updating guidelines
and other policy statements regarding prevention of nosocomial
infections.
Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will include an overview of
Strategic Direction of HICPAC; a review of the public response to the
Draft Guideline for Infection Control in Hospital Personnel; a review
of the second draft of the Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site
Infections; and a review of CDC activities of interest to the
Committee.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Contact Person for More Information: Michele L. Pearson, M.D.,
Medical Epidemiologist, Investigation and Prevention Branch, Hospital
Infections Program, NCID, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, M/S E-69,
Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-6413.
Dated: October 8, 1997.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-27568 Filed 10-16-97; 8:45 am]
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