Notices. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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BILLING CODE 4163-18-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 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 *Matters To Be Discussed:* The HICPAC will convene by conference call to discuss the draft Guidance Document on Public Reporting of Healthcare-associated Infection Rates.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. [FR Doc. 04-20012 Filed 9-1-04; 8:45 am]
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