[Federal Register: January 10, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 7)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Identify
and Assess Priorities, Strategies and Methods for Surveillance of
Health and Safety Hazards in the Health Services Industry; Meeting
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the
following 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 committee meeting.
Name: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
Identify and Assess Priorities, Strategies and Methods for Surveillance
of Health and Safety Hazards in the Health Services Industry.
Date and Time: 8 a.m.-5 p.m., February 27, 2002.
Place: Mt. Washington Conference Center, 5801 Smith Avenue,
Baltimore, MD, 21209; Phone: 410-578-7964. Web Address: http://
conference-center.stpaul.com.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by space available.
Seating will be limited to approximately 60 people. Due to limited
conference space, notification of intent to attend the meeting must be
made with Karen Tucker by no later than January 18, 2002. Ms. Tucker
can be reached by telephone at 1-800-444-5234, ext 103 or by E-mail
tucker@battelle.org. Requests to attend will be accommodated on a first
come basis.
Purpose: To request public assistance in identifying occupational
hazards in the Health Services industry which NIOSH should target in a
nationally representative survey called the National Exposures at Work
Survey (NEWS). In addition, there will be a request for information
about the procedures that could be used to gather information on
specific health and safety hazards and practices from management and
workers during the survey.
NIOSH's Surveillance Strategic Plan calls for the conduct of a
comprehensive, nationally representative hazard survey. To this end,
NIOSH is planning to conduct the NEWS in a nationally representative
sample of workplaces across all industries, starting with the Health
Services industry. The purpose of the survey will be to collect data
about exposures to occupational hazards and associated occupational
groups, use of exposure controls, and management and employee health
and safety practices. Prior to conducting the NEWS, a limited number of
feasibility or pilot surveys will be necessary for evaluating tools and
methods to be used in the NEWS. At this meeting, NIOSH will ask the
attendees for their views on what specific hazards and occupational
groups should be targeted in the NEWS, and how best to collect
information from management and workers without significantly impacting
normal business operations. NIOSH is seeking individual input from
academicians, researchers, practitioners, government agencies, and
others on addressing these topic areas.
Tracking Occupational Injuries, Illnesses and Hazards: The NIOSH
Surveillance Strategic Plan. DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2001-118.
For Further Information Contact: James M. Boiano, MS, CIH, NIOSH,
CDC, M/S R19, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226-1998,
telephone 513-841-4246, fax 513-841-4489, E-mail: jboiano@cdc.gov.
Gregory M. Piacitelli, MS, CIH, NIOSH, CDC, M/S R19, 4676 Columbia
Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226-1998, telephone 513-841-4456, fax 513-
841-4489, E-mail: gpiacitelli@cdc.gov.
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 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
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Dated: January 4, 2002.
John Burckhardt,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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