[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 50201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24568]


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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.
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., November 13, 2001; 8:30 a.m.-4 
p.m., November 14, 2001.
    Place: CDC, Auditorium A, 1600 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 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 the 
Draft Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings, the Draft 
Guideline for Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in 
Healthcare Settings (formerly Guideline Isolation Precautions in 
Hospitals), the Draft Guideline for Prevention of Intravascular 
Catheter-related Infections; 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, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, 
NCID, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, M/S A-07, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, 
telephone 404/498-1182.
    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 26, 2001.
John Burckhardt,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 01-24568 Filed 10-1-01; 8:45 am]
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