[Federal Register: May 16, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 96)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 
Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee

    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:

    Name: Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee 
(HICPAC).
    Times and Dates:
    9 a.m.-5 p.m., June 12, 2008.
    9 a.m.-1 p.m., June 13, 2008.
    Place: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton 
Road, Global Communications Center, Building 19, Auditorium B3, 
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: Guidelines and progress including 
prevention of UTI and Norovirus transmission, HICPAC prioritization 
of recommendations for implementation. Agenda items are subject to 
change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Wendy Vance, HICPAC, 
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, NCPDCID, CDC, l600 Clifton 
Road, NE., Mailstop D-10, Atlanta, Georgia 30333. Telephone (404) 
639-2891.
    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: May 9, 2008.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
 [FR Doc. E8-10991 Filed 5-15-08; 8:45 am]

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