[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 91 (Monday, May 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 25956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12326]
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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 2, 1997; 8:30 a.m.-1:30
p.m., June 3, 1997.
Place: CDC, Building 16, Room 1111/1111A, 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 (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
recommendations for healthcare workers infected with bloodborne
pathogens; a review of the fourth draft of the Guideline for
Infection Control in Hospital Personnel; review of the first 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 S. Pearson, M.D., Medical
Epidemiologist, Investigation and Prevention Branch, Hospital
Infections Program, NCID, CDC, l600 Clifton Road, NE, M/S E-69,
Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-6413.
Dated: May 6, 1997.
Joseph E. Salter,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-12326 Filed 5-9-97; 8:45 am]
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