[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 31, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-13134]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Preventing the Spread of Vancomycin Resistance; meeting
The National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID) of the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the following
meeting.
Name: Preventing the Spread of Vancomycin Resistance.
Time and Date: 9 a.m.-2 p.m., June 15, 1994.
Place: CDC, Auditorium B, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta,
Georgia 30333.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
Purpose: The purpose of this open meeting is to receive verbal
comments on a draft report entitled, ``Preventing the Spread of
Vancomycin.'' This report from NCID's Hospital Infection Control
Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) was published in 59 FR 25758,
May 17, 1994, and contains preliminary recommendations for the
prevention and control of the spread of vancomycin resistance, with
special focus on vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). It was
prepared by HICPAC in collaboration with NCID and in consultation
with representatives of the American Hospital Association, American
Society for Microbiology, Association for Professionals in Infection
Control and Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases Society of America,
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, and Surgical
Infection Society.
Viewpoints and suggestions regarding the draft recommendations are
invited from other professional organizations, industry, academia,
other government agencies, and the public. To obtain a five-minute time
slot for presenting comments, please provide the following information
to the contact person listed below no later than June 7, 1994: name,
address, affiliation, and telephone and facsimile numbers. In addition,
written comments on the draft recommendations are welcome and should be
submitted on or before July 18, 1994, to CDC, Attention: VRE Report
Center, Mailstop A-07, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30333,
as outlined in 59 FR 25758, May 17, 1994.
Contact person for more information: Julia S. Garner, R.N.,
M.N., Nurse Consultant, Hospital Infections Program, NCID, CDC, 1600
Clifton Road, NE, Mailstop A-07, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone
404/639-1552 or facsimile 404/639-3838.
Dated: May 24, 1994.
William H. Gimson,
Acting Asociate Director for Policy Coordination, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 94-13134 Filed 5-27-94; 8:45 am]
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