[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 221 (Thursday, November 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 58417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29139]


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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 
(HICPAC).
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., December 12, 1996. 8:30 
a.m.-1:30 p.m., December 13, 1996.
    Place: CDC, Auditorium A, 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: Agenda items will include a review of 
the third draft of the Guideline for Infection Control in Hospital 
Personnel, the Hospital Infections Program organizational structure 
and activities, proposed plans and outline for revision of the 
Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Wound Infections, 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, Nurse 
Consultant, Hospital Infections Program, NCID, CDC, 1600 Clifton 
Road, NE, M/S A-07, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-6408.

    Dated: November 7, 1996.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 96-29139 Filed 11-13-96; 8:45 am]
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