[Federal Register: October 11, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 196)]
[Notices]               
[Page 57947-57948]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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., November 13, 2007.
     9 a.m.-4 p.m., November 14, 2007.
    Place: Department of Health and Human Services Building, 395 East

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Street, SW., Suite 9100, Washington, DC 20201.
    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: Agenda items will include: IT Standards 
Update; White Paper Updates; and Updates on the Disinfection and 
Sterilization Guideline. Agenda items are subject to change as 
priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Angela B. Scott, Committee 
Management Specialist, HICPAC, Division of Healthcare Quality 
Promotion, NCPDCID, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop A-45, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30333. Telephone: (404) 639-1526.
    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 4, 2007.
Elaine L. Baker,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. E7-20045 Filed 10-10-07; 8:45 am]

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