[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 204 (Monday, October 23, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 62112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17660]


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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., November 13, 2006; 8:30 a.m.-
4 p.m., November 14, 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, 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: Issues 
related to public reporting of healthcare-associated infection 
rates; Infection control for multi-drug resistant organisms; and, 
topics related to future guidelines.
    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 404/639-4035.
    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: October 16, 2006.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E6-17660 Filed 10-20-06; 8:45 am]
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