[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 111 (Tuesday, June 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 31610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15065]


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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.-6 p.m., June 25, 1997; 8:30 a.m.-4:15 
p.m., June 26, 1997.
    Place: CDC, Auditorium B, 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. In addition, 
under 42 U.S.C. 1396s, the Committee is mandated to establish and 
periodically review and, as appropriate, revise the list of vaccines 
for administration to vaccine-eligible children through the Vaccines 
for Children (VFC) program, along with schedules regarding the Page 
2 appropriate periodicity, dosage, and contraindications applicable 
to the vaccines.
    Matters to be Discussed: Under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 1396s, 
the Committee will consider adoption of resolutions to clarify 
cohorts covered by the VFC program for particular vaccines, 
including varicella for infants and adolescents, MMR second dose, 
and tetanus/diphtheria booster dose at age 11-12 years.
    Other topics to be discussed include: update on the National 
Vaccine Program; update on the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program; 
progress of the Procedures and Practices Work Group; ACIP guidelines 
and approaches to combination vaccines; progress in development of 
immunization registries; computer algorithms for immunization 
registries; lyme disease: public health considerations; varicella 
vaccine update; rabies postexposure prophylaxis--rabies 
immunoglobulin (RIG) administration; data from Sweden II study on 
combined DtaP-Hib for infants; recommendations on the use of 
Rotashield (Rotavirus vaccine) as part of the routine 
childhood immunization schedule; vaccination of health care workers; 
vaccination of bone marrow transplant recipients; respiratory 
syncytial virus (RSV) IVIG; and influenza in children. 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, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, M/S D50, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-7250.

    Dated: June 4, 1997.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-15065 Filed 6-9-97; 8:45 am]
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