[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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