[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 17, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50770-50771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-20302]


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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:

    Time and Date: 1:30 p.m.-3 p.m., September 8, 2010.
    Place: Teleconference.
    Status: Open to the public. Teleconference access limited only 
by availability of telephone ports. To participate in the 
teleconference please dial 1-888-324-7115 and enter conference code 
5959790.
    Purpose: The Committee is charged with providing advice and 
guidance to the Secretary, HHS; the Assistant Secretary for Health; 
the Director, CDC; and the Director, National Center for Emerging 
and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), regarding: (1) The 
practice of hospital infection control; 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 a follow up 
discussion on the Draft Guideline for the Prevention and Control of 
Norovirus Gastroenteritis Outbreaks in Healthcare Settings. 
Materials for the call will be available on the HICPAC Web site, 
http://www.cdc.gov/hicpac, no later than September 6, 2010.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person For More Information: Michelle King, HICPAC, 
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, NCEZID, CDC, 1600 Clifton 
Road, NE., Mailstop A-07, Atlanta, Georgia 30333; 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 Substances and 
Disease Registry.


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    Dated: August 10, 2010.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 2010-20302 Filed 8-16-10; 8:45 am]
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