[Federal Register: September 30, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 189)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices: 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: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
    Times and Dates: 8:15 a.m.-6:15 p.m., October 21, 1998. 8 a.m.-
4:30 p.m., October 22, 1998.
    Place: Atlanta Marriott North Central, 2000 Century Boulevard, 
N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30345-3377.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
    Purpose: The Committee is charged with advising the Director, 
CDC, on the appropriate uses of immunizing agents. In addition, 
under 42 U.S.C. 1396s, the Committee is mandated to establish and 
periodically review and, as appropriate, revise, the list of 
vaccines for administration to vaccine-eligible children through the 
Vaccines for Children (VFC) program, along with schedules regarding 
the appropriate periodicity, dosage, and contraindications 
applicable to the vaccines.
    Matters to be Discussed: The agenda will include an update on 
the Food and Drug Administration; National Immunization Program; 
update on the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program; update on the 
National Vaccine Program; review of changes in the revised draft 
rabies recommendation; consider for approval or modification the 
draft recommendations for use of Lyme disease vaccine; progress on 
The Guide to Community Preventive Services chapter on methods to 
raise vaccination coverage levels among children, adolescents, and 
adults; approval of changes in the harmonized immunization schedule; 
approval of the Notice to Readers for hepatitis B and for DTaP; 
consolidate resolutions currently included in the Vaccines for 
Children (VFC) Program; resolution to include rotavirus in the VFC 
Program; discuss the present ACIP general recommendations; 
computerization of ACIP recommendations; pneumococcal conjugate 
vaccine; update on U.S. influenza activity; update on ACIP 
prevention and control guidelines; influenza outbreak aboard a 
cruise ship in 1997; influenza outbreak among tour group passengers 
in Alaska in 1998; 1997-98 Aviron live attenuated influenza vaccine 
trial; 1997-98 vaccine cost effectiveness study of healthy adult 
workers; update on implementation of the sequential IPV/OPV 
schedule; revised recommendation for vaccination of children against 
hepatitis A; and the Infectious Disease Society of America efforts 
on vaccine safety. Other matters of relevance among the Committee's 
objectives may be discussed.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Gloria A. Kovach, Committee 
Management Specialist, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Mailstop D50, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-7250.

    Dated: Setember 24, 1998.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-26128 Filed 9-29-98; 8:45 am]
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