[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 201 (Friday, October 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 54116]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27568]


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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., November 17, 1997 and 8:30 a.m.-
1 p.m., November 18, 1997.
    Place: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Building 16, 
Room 1107/1107A, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. In 
addition to the Committee, the room will accommodate approximately 25 
guests.
    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 an overview of 
Strategic Direction of HICPAC; a review of the public response to the 
Draft Guideline for Infection Control in Hospital Personnel; a review 
of the second 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 L. Pearson, M.D., 
Medical Epidemiologist, Investigation and Prevention Branch, Hospital 
Infections Program, NCID, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, M/S E-69, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-6413.

    Dated: October 8, 1997.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-27568 Filed 10-16-97; 8:45 am]
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