[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 200 (Monday, October 18, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63844-63845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26113]


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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 CDC announces the following meeting 
of the aforementioned committee:
    Times and Dates:
    9 a.m.-5 p.m., November 4, 2010.
    9 a.m.-12 p.m., November 5, 2010.
    Place: Washington Marriott at Metro Center, Salons C-D, 775 12th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005
    Status: This meeting is open to the public, limited only by the 
space available. Please register for the meeting online at http://www.cdc.gov/hicpac or by sending an e-mail to [email protected].
    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 Emerging and 
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), regarding the practice of 
healthcare 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 advise CDC on 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's 
activities for healthcare-associated infections; the draft guideline 
for the Prevention of Norovirus Gastroenteritis Outbreaks in Healthcare 
Settings; draft guideline for prevention of infections among patients 
in neonatal intensive care units (NICU); draft guideline for Infection 
Control in Healthcare Personnel; and discussion of

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infection control in ambulatory care settings.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Michelle King, HICPAC, 
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, 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 Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: October 8, 2010.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-26113 Filed 10-15-10; 8:45 am]
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