[Federal Register: September 3, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 170)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Draft Guideline for Prevention of Healthcare-associated
Pneumonia, 2003
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (DHHS).
ACTION: Notice of availability and request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: This notice is a request for review of and comment on the
Draft Guideline for Prevention of Healthcare-associated Pneumonia,
2003, available on the CDC Web site at www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/
pnguide.htm. The guideline has been developed for practitioners who
provide care for patients and who are responsible for monitoring and
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preventing infections in healthcare settings. The guideline replaces
the Guideline for Prevention of Nosocomial Pneumonia, published in
1994.
DATES: Comments on the Draft Guideline for Prevention of Healthcare-
associated Pneumonia, 2003, must be received in writing on or before
October 18, 2002.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for copies of the Draft
Guideline for Prevention of Healthcare-associated Pneumonia, 2003,
should be submitted to the Resource Center, Attention: PNGuide,
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, CDC, Mailstop E-68, 1600
Clifton Rd., NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30333; fax 404 498-1244; e-mail:
pnrequests@cdc.gov; or Internet: www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/pnguide.htm.
ADDRESSES: Comments on the Draft Guideline for Prevention of
Healthcare-associated Pneumonia, 2003, should be submitted to the
Resource Center, Attention: PNGuide, Division of Healthcare Quality
Promotion, CDC, Mailstop E-68, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia
30333; fax 404 498-1244; e-mail: pncomments@cdc.gov; or Internet:
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/pnguide.htm.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft Guideline for Prevention of
Healthcare-associated Pneumonia, 2003, addresses the prevention and
control of healthcare-associated bacterial pneumonia, especially
ventilator-associated pneumonia; Legionnaire's disease; pertussis;
invasive pulmonary aspergillosis; viral pneumonia; respiratory
syncytial virus infection; parainfluenza; adenovirus infection; and
influenza. Part I discusses the epidemiology, diagnosis, pathogenesis,
modes of transmission, and prevention and control of the diseases
listed above. Part II contains the consensus recommendations of the
Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) and
addresses such issues as education of healthcare personnel regarding
the prevention and control of healthcare-associated pneumonia and other
lower respiratory tract diseases and measures to prevent person-to-
person transmission of each disease.
HICPAC was established in 1991 to provide advice and guidance to
the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Health, DHHS; the
Director, CDC; and the Director, National Center for Infectious
Diseases, regarding the practice of infection control and strategies
for surveillance, prevention, and control of healthcare-associated
infections in U.S. healthcare facilities. The committee advises CDC on
guidelines and other policy statements regarding prevention of
healthcare-associated infections and related adverse events.
Dated: August 27, 2002.
James D. Seligman,
Associate Director for Program Services, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 02-22309 Filed 8-30-02; 8:45 am]
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