[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 3, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51801-51802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24511]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices: 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 committee meeting:

    Name: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., October 18, 1995; 8:15 
a.m.-3:45 p.m., October 19, 1995.
    Place: CDC, Auditorium A, Building 2, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
    Purpose: The Committee is charged with advising the Director, 
CDC, on the appropriate uses of immunizing agents.
    Matters To Be Discussed: The Committee will discuss 
poliomyelitis vaccinations policy; status of diphtheria in the New 
Independent States; U.S. draft plan for diphtheria control; update 
on rotavirus vaccine; new guidelines on pneumococcal vaccine; status 
of measles elimination and implications for measles vaccination 
policy; plan to revise and combine current measles/mumps/rubella 
recommendations; national immunization survey; finalize 1996 
recommended immunization schedule; varicella update; acellular 
pertussis vaccine trials; summary of results of efficacy trials in 
infants (Europe); vaccine of preference for

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DTaP for 4th/5th doses; discussion of policy when DTaP is licensed 
for infants; Lyme disease vaccine; update and status of 
harmonization of ACIP statements and package inserts; national 
influenza pandemic preparedness plan; risk of complications of 
influenza during pregnancy; electronic updating of ACIP 
recommendations; programmatic strategies to increase immunization 
coverage: reminder/recall, immunization practice assessment and 
feedback; and Injury Compensation Program update. Other matters of 
relevance among the Committee's objectives may be discussed.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Gloria A. Kovach, Committee 
Management Specialist, CDC (1-B72), 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Mailstop 
A20, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-3851.

    Dated: September 26, 1995.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 95-24511 Filed 10-2-95; 8:45 am]
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