[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 16677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7494]


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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 l0(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (P.L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) announces the following meeting.

    Name: Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee.
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., May 7, 2001. 8:30 a.m.-4 
p.m., May 8, 2001.
    Place: Atlanta Marriott Century Center, 2000 Century Boulevard, 
NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30345.
    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 of 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 Guideline for Prevention of Healthcare-
Associated Pneumonia, the Guideline for Isolation Precautions in 
Hospitals, the Guideline for Sterilization and Disinfection, the 
Guideline for Hand Hygiene; public comments of the Draft Guideline 
for Environmental Controls in Healthcare Settings; and updates on 
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., 
Executive Secretary, HICPAC, Hospital Infections Program, NCID, CDC, 
1600 Clifton Road, NE., M/S A-07, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 
404/639-6439.
    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: March 21, 2001.
John Burckhardt,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 01-7494 Filed 3-26-01; 8:45 am]
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