[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 24 (Monday, February 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4277-4278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2423]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices: 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 committee meeting:
Name: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m., February 21, 1996; 8:30 a.m.-
2:45 p.m., February 22, 1996.
Place: CDC, Auditorium A, Building 2, 1600 Clifton Road, NE.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
Purpose: The Committee is charged with advising the Director,
CDC, on the appropriate uses of immunizing agents.
Matters To Be Discussed: The Committee will discuss issues
regarding use of a cellular pertussis vaccines in infants; polio
vaccination recommendation and schedule; approval of pneumococcal
vaccination recommendation; harmonization schedule; update on the
Vaccine Injury Compensation Program; update on the National Vaccine
Program Office; vaccination of HIV-infected persons; update on the
influenza season; influenza vaccination in HIV-infected persons;
influenza vaccine strain selection for 1996-1997; proposed
modifications in the ACIP influenza statement; timing of vaccination
campaigns: influenza vaccine and pregnancy; review of measles,
mumps, rubella policy statement; programmatic strategies to increase
immunization coverage; varicella update; update on progress towards
disease elimination goals; CDC working group on new vaccines; update
on the National Immunization Survey; and new rabies vaccine:
modification of guidelines for treatment of bat rabies. Other
matters of relevance among the Committee's objectives may be
discussed.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Contact Person for More Information: Gloria A. Kovach, Committee
Management Specialist, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop A20,
Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-3851.
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Dated: January 31, 1996.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 96-2423 Filed 2-2-96; 8:45 am]
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