[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 83 (Friday, April 30, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22816-22817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10090]


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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 of the aforementioned 
committee:


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    Time and Date: 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m., May 17, 2010.
    Place: Teleconference.
    Status: Open to the public. The toll free dial in number is 
(800) 369-2094 and the passcode is 3518331. Teleconference access is 
limited only by availability of telephone ports. Registration and 
teleconference logon information is also available at http://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/.
    Purpose: The Committee is charged with providing advice and 
guidance to the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services; 
the Director, CDC; and the Director, National Center for Emerging 
and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), regarding the practice of 
hospital infection control and strategies for surveillance, 
prevention, and control of healthcare-associated infections (e.g., 
nosocomial infections), antimicrobial resistance, and related events 
in settings where healthcare is provided, including hospitals, 
ambulatory and long-term care facilities, and home health agencies. 
The committee shall also advise CDC on periodic updating of existing 
guidelines, development of new guidelines, guideline evaluation, and 
other policy statements regarding prevention of healthcare-
associated infections and healthcare-related conditions.
    Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda will include a follow up 
discussion on the draft Guidelines for the Prevention of 
Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    For More Information Contact: Michelle W. King, HICPAC, Division 
of Healthcare Quality Promotion, NCEZID, CDC, l600 Clifton Road, 
NE., Mailstop A-07, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone: (404) 639-
2936, E-mail: [email protected].
    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 Substance and 
Disease Registry.

    Dated: April 26, 2010.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-10090 Filed 4-29-10; 8:45 am]
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