[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 193 (Wednesday, October 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 54329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25960]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee
(HICPAC): 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: Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee
(Formerly Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee).
Times and Dates:
8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., November 1, 1999.
8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., November 2, 1999.
Place: Sheraton Buckhead, Lennox Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia
30326.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
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
infections (e.g., nosocomial infections), antimicrobial resistance,
and related events in settings where healthcare is provided; and (3)
periodic updating guidelines and other policy statements regarding
prevention of healthcare associated infections and healthcare-
related conditions.
Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will include a review of
proposed revisions to the Guidelines for Prevention of Nosocomial
Pneumonia and Recommendations for Preventing VRE in Hospitals;
plan(s) for collaboration between HICPAC and professional
organizations in developing a Hand Hygiene Guideline; plan(s)for
evaluation of HICPAC guidelines; review of the third draft of the
Guideline for Environmental Controls in Healthcare Settings; 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.
The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office has been
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining to
announcements of meetings and other committee management activities,
for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Dated: September 28, 1999.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 99-25960 Filed 10-5-99; 8:45 am]
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