[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 15 (Monday, January 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 3912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1275]


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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 for the aforementioned 
committee:

    Times and Dates: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., February 11, 2010. 9 a.m.-12 
p.m., February 12, 2010.
    Place: CDC, Global Communications Center, Building 19, 
Auditorium B3, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 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 Preparedness, 
Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases (NCPDCID), 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: The agenda will include updates on CDC 
healthcare-associated infections Recovery Act efforts; discussion on 
the draft guideline for prevention of intravascular catheter-related 
bloodstream infections; and the draft guideline for the prevention 
and management of norovirus gastroenteritis outbreaks in healthcare 
settings.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    For Further Information Contact: Michelle W. King, Committee 
Management Specialist, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, 
NCPDCID, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop A-07, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30333, Telephone (404) 639-2936.
    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: January 15, 2010.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC) .
[FR Doc. 2010-1275 Filed 1-22-10; 8:45 am]
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