Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)

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#  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.

*Name:* Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee: Conference Call Meeting.

*Time and Date:* 1 p.m.-3 p.m., August 17, 2004.

*Place:* The conference call will originate at the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP), in Atlanta, Georgia. Please see *Supplementary Information* for details on accessing the conference call.

*Status:* Open to the public, limited only by the availability of telephone ports.

*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 Infectious Diseases (NCID), 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:* The Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee will convene by conference call to discuss the draft Guidance Document on Public Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infection Rates.

*Supplementary Information:* This conference call is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m., eastern time. To participate in the conference call, please dial 1-877-675-5901 and enter Pass Code 254137. You will then be automatically connected to the call.

*For Further Information Contact:* Harriette Lynch, Committee Management Specialist, HICPAC, DHQP, NCID, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., M/S A-07, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/498-1182, fax 404/498-1188.

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: July 27, 2004.

Alvin Hall,

Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.