[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 195 (Thursday, October 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54141-54142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26988]


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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 l0(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 16, 1998. 8:30 a.m.-
12 p.m., November 17, 1998.
    Place: CDC, Building 16, Room 1111/1111A, l600 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

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infection control; (2) strategies for surveillance, prevention, and 
control of nosocomial infections in U.S. healthcare facilities; and 
(3) updating guidelines and other policy statements regarding 
prevention of nosocomial infections.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will include a review of 
the strategic direction of HICPAC; the first draft of the Guideline 
for Environmental Controls in Healthcare Facilities; public comments 
on the Draft Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infections; 
priority areas for HICPAC/CDC guideline development; 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 2, 1998.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-26988 Filed 10-7-98; 8:45 am]
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