Meetings:

Federal Register Volume 76, Number 189 (Thursday, September 29, 2011)

Notices

Pages 60500-60501

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

FR Doc No: 2011-25012

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)

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) announce the following meeting for the aforementioned committee:

Times and Dates 8 a.m.-6 p.m., October 25, 2011. 8 a.m.-1:15 p.m., October 26, 2011.

Place: CDC, Tom Harkin Global Communications Center, 1600 Clifton

Road, NE., Building 19, Kent ``Oz'' Nelson Auditorium, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.

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 discussions on:

Child/adolescent immunization schedules; adult immunization schedule; human papillomavirus vaccine; hepatitis B vaccine; meningococcal vaccines; influenza; 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine; febrile seizures and vaccines; pertussis; immunization coverage among children and adolescents; and vaccine supply.

Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

Contact Person for More Information: Stephanie B. Thomas, National

Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC, 1600 Clifton

Road, NE., MS-A27, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone (404) 639-8836; E- mail ACIP@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 Agency for

Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Page 60501

Dated: September 21, 2011.

Elaine L. Baker,

Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention.

FR Doc. 2011-25012 Filed 9-28-11; 8:45 am

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