Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC): Meeting

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#  Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC):  Meeting

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.

*Times and Dates:* 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m., October 4, 2004. 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., October 5, 2004.

*Place:* Westin Buckhead, 3391 Peachtree Road, NE, 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 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:* Agenda items will include public comments on the Draft Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings; guidance document on public reporting of healthcare-associated infection rates; infection control issues in ambulatory care settings; strategies for surveillance of healthcare-associated infections; and updates on CDC activities of interest to the committee. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Harriett Lynch, Committee Management Specialist, HICPAC, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, NCID, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, M/S A-07, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/498-1182.

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:  August 26, 2004.

Alvin Hall,

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