[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 96 (Tuesday, May 18, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28132-28133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-11194]


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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., June 21, 2004; 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., 
June 22, 2004.
    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: The agenda items will include issues 
related to public reporting of healthcare-associated infection rates; 
influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel; infection control issues 
in ambulatory care settings; strategies for surveillance of healthcare-
associated infections; and

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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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: May 12, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-11194 Filed 5-17-04; 8:45 am]
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