[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 77 (Friday, April 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 17304]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9686]
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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., June 10, 1996. 8:30 a.m.-3
p.m., June 11, 1996.
Place: CDC, Auditorium A, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta,
Georgia 30333.
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 the practice of hospital infection
control and strategies for surveillance, prevention, and control of
nosocomial infections in U.S. hospitals and updating of guidelines
and other policy statements regarding prevention of nosocomial
infections.
Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will include a review of
the second draft of the Guideline for Infection Control in Hospital
Personnel, the HICPAC Guideline Evaluation Proposal, the CDC
Hospital Infections Program Strategic Plan, the Committee Strategic
Plan, and an update on CDC activities of interest to the Committee.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Contact Person for more Information: Julia S. Garner, Nurse
Consultant, Hospital Infections Program, NCID, CDC, 1600 Clifton
Road, NE, M/S A-07, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-6408.
Dated: April 12, 1996.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 96-9686 Filed 4-18-96; 8:45 am]
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