[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 91 (Thursday, May 11, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 27501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-7211]


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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 
(HICPAC).
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., June 1, 2006; 8:30 a.m.-4 
p.m., June 2, 2006.
    Place: CDC Roybal Campus, Bldg. 19, Auditorium B3, 1600 Clifton 
Road, Atlanta, GA 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, Department of Health and Human Services, 
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: Informatics and healthcare-associated 
infections; process for updating guidelines; updates on pandemic 
flu; updates on antimicrobial resistance and updates on CDC 
activities of interest to the committee.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    For Further Information Contact: 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 404-639-4035.
    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 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: May 5, 2006.
Alvin Hall, M.S.,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E6-7211 Filed 5-10-06; 8:45 am]
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