[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 17, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28311-28312]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-9765]


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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

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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., June 6, 2005; 8:30 a.m.-4 
p.m., June 7, 2005.
    Place: Sheraton Colony Square, 188 14th Street, NE., Atlanta, 
Georgia 30361.
    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 
recommendations for the use of vancomycin; recommendations for 
isolation precautions to prevent transmission of infectious agents 
in healthcare settings; pandemic influenza planning for healthcare 
facilities; and updates on CDC activities of interest to the 
committee.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person For More Information: 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.

    Dated: May 11, 2005.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-9765 Filed 5-16-05; 8:45 am]
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