[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 58110]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25480]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee

    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 
(HICPAC).
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., October 27, 2003. 8:30 a.m.-4 
p.m., October 28, 2003.
    Place: Swiss[oaccent]tel, 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 an overview 
of CDC's mission and activities related to patient safety; a review 
of issues related to isolation precautions in healthcare facilities; 
strategies for surveillance of healthcare-associated infections; and 
updates on CDC activities of interest to the committee.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    For Further Information Contact: 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: October 2, 2003.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-25480 Filed 10-7-03; 8:45 am]
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