[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2889-2890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1220]


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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

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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., February 25, 2002. 8:30 a.m.-4 
p.m., February 26, 2002.
    Place: Radisson Buckhead/Emory Area Inn, 2061 North Druid Hills 
Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30329
    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 Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in 
Healthcare Settings (formerly Guideline Isolation Precautions in 
Hospitals) and the Draft Guideline for Prevention of Healthcare-
associated Pneumonia; public comments on the Draft Guideline for Hand 
Hygiene 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, 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: January 11, 2002.
Joseph E. Salter,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 02-1220 Filed 1-18-02; 8:45 am]
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