[Federal Register: February 19, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 33)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 
CDC Advisory Committee on HIV and STD Prevention and Hospital 
Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee Meetings

    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 meetings.
    Name: CDC Advisory Committee on HIV and STD Prevention (CDC ACHSP).
    Time and Date: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., March 11, 1998.
    Place: Corporate Square Office Park, Corporate Square Boulevard, 
Building 11, Conference Room 1413A, Atlanta, Georgia 30329, telephone 
404/639-8008.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 100 people.
    Purpose: This committee is charged with advising the Director, CDC, 
regarding objectives, strategies, and priorities for HIV and STD 
prevention efforts including maintaining surveillance of HIV infection, 
AIDS, and STDs, the epidemiologic and laboratory study of HIV/AIDS and 
STDs, information/education and risk reduction activities designed to 
prevent the spread of HIV and STDs, and other preventive measures that 
become available.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will include discussions 
regarding building HIV prevention capacity in racial/ethnic minority 
communities; issues pertaining to integration of HIV/STD prevention 
efforts; and enhancing communication strategies between CDC and its 
partners.
    Contact Person for More Information: Beth Wolfe, Committee 
Management Specialist, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, 
CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, M/S E-07, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 
404/639-8008.
    Name: CDC Advisory Committee on HIV and STD Prevention (CDC ACHSP) 
and Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC).
    Time and Date: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., March 12, 1998.
    Place: CDC, Building 1, Auditorium A, 1600 Clifton Road, E, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 100 people. Envision 
capability will be available at Corporate Square Office Park, Corporate 
Square Boulevard, Building 11, Conference Room 1413A, Atlanta, Georgia 
30329.
    Purpose: The joint CDC ACHSP/HICPAC committees will discuss CDC 
recommendations relevant to health care workers (HCW) infected with HIV 
or other bloodborne pathogens. A working group report, from the 
February 11, 1998 meeting, will be presented that will include a list 
of options, with the ``pros'' and ``cons'' for each option, regarding 
recommendations for existing infected HCW guidelines.
    Matters to be Discussed: The Committees will review relevant 
scientific information gathered since the implementation of the 1991 
CDC recommendations; discuss the implications of this updated 
information vis-a-vis the potential revision of the 1991 
recommendations; and advise CDC regarding current HIV-infected HCW 
recommendations.
    Contact Persons for More Information: Adelisa Panlilio, M.D., 
Medical Epidemiologist, HIV Infections Branch, Hospital Infections 
Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC, 1600 Clifton 
Road, NE, M/S E-68, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-6425, or 
Beth Wolfe, Committee Management Specialist, National Center for HIV, 
STD, and TB Prevention, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, M/S E-07, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-8008.
    Name: Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee 
(HICPAC).
    Time and Date: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., March 13, 1998.
    Place: Corporate Square Office Park, Corporate Square Boulevard, 
Building 11, Conference Room 1413, Atlanta, Georgia 30329, telephone.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 100 people.

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    Purpose: The Committee is charged with providing advice and 
guidance to the Secretary; the Assistant Secretary for Health; the 
Director, CDC; and the Director, NCID, CDC, regarding the practice of 
hospital infection control and strategies for surveillance, prevention, 
and control of nosocomial infections in U.S. hospitals; and updating 
guidelines and other policy statements regarding prevention of 
nosocomial infections.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will include a review of the 
strategic direction of HICPAC; the third draft of the Guideline for 
Prevention of Surgical Site Infections; priority areas for HICPAC/CDC 
guideline development; and CDC activities of interest to the Committee.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Michele L. Pearson, M.D., 
Medical Epidemiologist, Investigation and Prevention Branch, Hospital 
Infections Program, NCID, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, M/S E-69, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-6413.

    Dated: February 12, 1998.
Julia M. Fuller
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-4141 Filed 2-18-98; 8:45 am]
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