[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 62726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25508]


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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., October 21, 2002. 8:30 a.m.-4 
p.m., October 22, 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 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: October 2, 2002.
John Burckhardt,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 02-25508 Filed 10-7-02; 8:45 am]
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