[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 33 (Thursday, February 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8455-8456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4141]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC Advisory Committee on HIV and STD Prevention and Hospital
Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee Meetings
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 committee meetings.
Name: CDC Advisory Committee on HIV and STD Prevention (CDC ACHSP).
Time and Date: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., March 11, 1998.
Place: Corporate Square Office Park, Corporate Square Boulevard,
Building 11, Conference Room 1413A, Atlanta, Georgia 30329, telephone
404/639-8008.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The meeting room accommodates approximately 100 people.
Purpose: This committee is charged with advising the Director, CDC,
regarding objectives, strategies, and priorities for HIV and STD
prevention efforts including maintaining surveillance of HIV infection,
AIDS, and STDs, the epidemiologic and laboratory study of HIV/AIDS and
STDs, information/education and risk reduction activities designed to
prevent the spread of HIV and STDs, and other preventive measures that
become available.
Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will include discussions
regarding building HIV prevention capacity in racial/ethnic minority
communities; issues pertaining to integration of HIV/STD prevention
efforts; and enhancing communication strategies between CDC and its
partners.
Contact Person for More Information: Beth Wolfe, Committee
Management Specialist, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention,
CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, M/S E-07, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone
404/639-8008.
Name: CDC Advisory Committee on HIV and STD Prevention (CDC ACHSP)
and Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC).
Time and Date: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., March 12, 1998.
Place: CDC, Building 1, Auditorium A, 1600 Clifton Road, E,
Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The meeting room accommodates approximately 100 people. Envision
capability will be available at Corporate Square Office Park, Corporate
Square Boulevard, Building 11, Conference Room 1413A, Atlanta, Georgia
30329.
Purpose: The joint CDC ACHSP/HICPAC committees will discuss CDC
recommendations relevant to health care workers (HCW) infected with HIV
or other bloodborne pathogens. A working group report, from the
February 11, 1998 meeting, will be presented that will include a list
of options, with the ``pros'' and ``cons'' for each option, regarding
recommendations for existing infected HCW guidelines.
Matters to be Discussed: The Committees will review relevant
scientific information gathered since the implementation of the 1991
CDC recommendations; discuss the implications of this updated
information vis-a-vis the potential revision of the 1991
recommendations; and advise CDC regarding current HIV-infected HCW
recommendations.
Contact Persons for More Information: Adelisa Panlilio, M.D.,
Medical Epidemiologist, HIV Infections Branch, Hospital Infections
Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC, 1600 Clifton
Road, NE, M/S E-68, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-6425, or
Beth Wolfe, Committee Management Specialist, National Center for HIV,
STD, and TB Prevention, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, M/S E-07, Atlanta,
Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-8008.
Name: Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee
(HICPAC).
Time and Date: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., March 13, 1998.
Place: Corporate Square Office Park, Corporate Square Boulevard,
Building 11, Conference Room 1413, Atlanta, Georgia 30329, telephone.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The meeting room accommodates approximately 100 people.
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Purpose: The Committee is charged with providing advice and
guidance to the Secretary; the Assistant Secretary for Health; the
Director, CDC; and the Director, NCID, CDC, regarding the practice of
hospital infection control and strategies for surveillance, prevention,
and control of nosocomial infections in U.S. hospitals; and updating
guidelines and other policy statements regarding prevention of
nosocomial infections.
Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will include a review of the
strategic direction of HICPAC; the third draft of the Guideline for
Prevention of Surgical Site Infections; priority areas for HICPAC/CDC
guideline development; and 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: February 12, 1998.
Julia M. Fuller
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-4141 Filed 2-18-98; 8:45 am]
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