[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 91 (Monday, May 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 25956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12326]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


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.-5 p.m., June 2, 1997; 8:30 a.m.-1:30 
p.m., June 3, 1997.
    Place: CDC, Building 16, Room 1111/1111A, 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 (1) The practice of hospital infection 
control; (2) strategies for surveillance, prevention, and control of 
nosocomial infections in U.S. hospitals; and (3) updating guidelines 
and other policy statements regarding prevention of nosocomial 
infections.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will include 
recommendations for healthcare workers infected with bloodborne 
pathogens; a review of the fourth draft of the Guideline for 
Infection Control in Hospital Personnel; review of the first draft 
of the Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infections; and a 
review of CDC activities of interest to the Committee.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Michele S. Pearson, M.D., Medical 
Epidemiologist, Investigation and Prevention Branch, Hospital 
Infections Program, NCID, CDC, l600 Clifton Road, NE, M/S E-69, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-6413.

    Dated: May 6, 1997.
Joseph E. Salter,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-12326 Filed 5-9-97; 8:45 am]
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