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[FR Doc No: 94-3099]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service

 

National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC); Public Meeting

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, HHS.

SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) are announcing the 
forthcoming meeting of a NVAC Subcommittee on Vaccination Registries.

DATES: Date, Time and Place: February 25-26, 1994, at 8:30 a.m. to 5 
p.m. on February 25, and 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on February 26. The 
meeting will be held in San Antonio, Texas, at La Mansion del Rio 
Hotel, 112 College Street, in the Iberian West Ballroom. The entire 
meeting is open to the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Written requests to participate should 
be sent to Chester A. Robinson, D.P.A., Acting Executive Secretary, 
National Vaccine Advisory Committee, National Vaccine Program Office, 
Hubert Humphrey Building, room 730-E, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20201, (202) 401-8141.

AGENDA: OPEN PUBLIC HEARING: Interested persons may formally present 
data, information, or views orally or in writing on issues to be 
discussed by the Subcommittee or on any of the duties and 
responsibilities of the Subcommittee as described below. Those desiring 
to make presentations should make a request to the contact person 
before February 21, and submit a brief description of the information 
they wish to present to the Subcommittee. Those requests should include 
the names and addresses of proposed participants and an indication of 
the approximate time required to make their comments. A maximum of 10 
minutes will be allowed for such presentations. Any person attending 
the meeting who does not request an opportunity to speak in advance of 
the meeting will be allowed to make an oral presentation at the 
conclusion of the meeting, if time permits, at the chairperson's 
discretion.

OPEN SUBCOMMITTEE DISCUSSION: The Subcommittee shall act in an advisory 
capacity to the NVAC for the purpose of examining different models for 
establishing a State-based National Immunization Registry System. The 
Subcommittee will discuss key vaccination registry issues for states 
and local governments and the uses of registries for disease 
surveillance. The registry systems will be evaluated on their ability 
to provide immunization records to families and health care providers, 
notify new parents of the need of immunizing their children, track 
vaccinations given, identify unvaccinated children, be the basis for a 
recall system, aid in the monitoring of adverse vaccine events, and 
provide data useful in clinic and program management.
    A list of Subcommittee members and the charter of the Advisory 
Committee will be available at the meeting. Those unable to attend the 
meeting may request this information from the contact person.

    Dated: February 3, 1994.
Chester A. Robinson,
Acting Executive Secretary, NVAC.
[FR Doc. 94-3099 Filed 2-9-94; 8:45 am]
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