[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 193 (Wednesday, October 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 54329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25960]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee 
(HICPAC): 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: Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee 
(Formerly Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee).
    Times and Dates:

8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., November 1, 1999.
8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., November 2, 1999.

    Place: Sheraton Buckhead, Lennox Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 
30326.
    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 
infections (e.g., nosocomial infections), antimicrobial resistance, 
and related events in settings where healthcare is provided; and (3) 
periodic updating guidelines and other policy statements regarding 
prevention of healthcare associated infections and healthcare-
related conditions.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will include a review of 
proposed revisions to the Guidelines for Prevention of Nosocomial 
Pneumonia and Recommendations for Preventing VRE in Hospitals; 
plan(s) for collaboration between HICPAC and professional 
organizations in developing a Hand Hygiene Guideline; plan(s)for 
evaluation of HICPAC guidelines; review of the third draft of the 
Guideline for Environmental Controls in Healthcare Settings; 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.
    The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office has been 
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining to 
announcements of meetings and other committee management activities, 
for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: September 28, 1999.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 99-25960 Filed 10-5-99; 8:45 am]
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