[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 170 (Thursday, September 2, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 53728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20012]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee 
(HICPAC): Conference Call 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.
    Time and Date: 1 p.m.-3 p.m., September 10, 2004.
    Place: The conference call will originate at the Division of 
Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP), in Atlanta, Georgia. Please see 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for details on accessing the conference 
call.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the availability of 
telephone ports.
    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 HICPAC will convene by conference 
call to discuss the draft Guidance Document on Public Reporting of 
Healthcare-associated Infection Rates.
    Supplementary Information: This conference call is scheduled to 
begin at 1 p.m., Eastern Time. To participate in the conference 
call, please dial 1-877-675-5901 and enter Pass Code 254137. You 
will then be automatically connected to the call.
    For Further Information Contact: Harriette 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, fax 404/498-1188.
    Due to programmatic issues that had to be resolved, the Federal 
Register notice is being published less than fifteen days before the 
date of the meeting.
    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: August 26, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-20012 Filed 9-1-04; 8:45 am]
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