[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 208 (Friday, October 28, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-26711]


[Federal Register: October 28, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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.
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., November 14, 1994. 8:30 a.m.-
4 p.m., November 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 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: The agenda will include review of the 
third draft of the proposed revision of the CDC Guideline for 
Prevention of Nosocomial Intravascular Device-Related Infections, 
review of proposed final report on preventing the spread of 
vancomycin resistance, discussion of the proposed content outline 
for the revision of the Guideline for Infection Control in Hospital 
Personnel, 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, R.N., 
M.N., Nurse Consultant, Hospital Infections Program, NCID, CDC, 1600 
Clifton Road, NE, Mailstop A-07, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 
404/639-6403.

    Dated: October 21, 1994.
William H. Gimson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Coordination, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 94-26711 Filed 10-27-94; 8:45 am]
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