Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC): Conference Call Meeting

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#  Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC):  Conference Call 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.

*Time and Date:* 1 p.m.-3 p.m., September 10, 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*Matters To Be Discussed:* The HICPAC will convene by conference call to discuss the draft Guidance Document on Public Reporting of Healthcare-associated Infection Rates.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, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, NCID, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, M/S A-07, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/498-1182, fax 404/498-1188.

Due to programmatic issues that had to be resolved, the *Federal Register* notice is being published less than fifteen days before the date of the meeting.

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.