[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 189 (Friday, September 30, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 57294]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-19559]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee 
(HICPAC)

    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.-5 p.m., October 24, 2005; 8:30 a.m.-4 
p.m., October 25, 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 finalizing 
recommendations for isolation precautions to prevent transmission of 
infectious agents in healthcare settings, update on public 
reporting, and updates on CDC activities of interest to the 
committee.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Harriette Lynch, Committee 
Management Specialist, HICPAC, Division of Healthcare Quality 
Promotion, NCID, CDC, l600 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: September 26, 2005.
Diane Allen,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-19559 Filed 9-29-05; 8:45 am]
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