[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 19 (Tuesday, January 30, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 4267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-1393]


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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 of the aforementioned 
committee.

    Name: Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee 
(HICPAC).
    Times and Dates:
     8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., February 15, 2007.
     8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., February 16, 2007.
    Place: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (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: Information 
Technology Standards Update; National Quality Forum Update and 
Prevention Epidemiology Centers Update.
    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, 1600 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: January 23, 2007.
Elaine L. Baker,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E7-1393 Filed 1-29-07; 8:45 am]
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