[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 95 (Thursday, May 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 34936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-12238]


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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 (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., June 17, 2002; 8:30 a.m.-4 
p.m., June 18, 2002.
    Place: Swissotel, 3391 Peachtree 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 Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents 
in Healthcare Settings (formerly Guideline for Isolation Precautions 
in Hospitals); the Draft Guideline for Disinfection and 
Sterilization in Healthcare Settings; the Draft Guideline for 
Prevention of Healthcare-associated Pneumonia; 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, l600 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: May 9, 2002.
Alvin Hall,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 02-12238 Filed 5-15-02; 8:45 am]
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