[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 170 (Thursday, September 2, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53727-53728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20011]


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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.-6 p.m., October 4, 2004. 8:30 a.m.-4 
p.m., October 5, 2004.
    Place: Westin Buckhead, 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 public 
comments on the Draft Guideline for Isolation Precautions: 
Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings; 
guidance document on public reporting of healthcare-associated 
infection rates; infection control issues in ambulatory care 
settings; 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: Harriett Lynch, Committee Management 
Specialist, 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.



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    Dated: August 26, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-20011 Filed 9-1-04; 8:45 am]
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