[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 99 (Monday, May 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 29756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12560]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee 
(HICPAC)

    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 meeting for the aforementioned 
committee:

Times and Dates: 
    9 a.m.-5 p.m., June 16, 2011.
    9 a.m.-12 p.m., June 17, 2011.

Place: CDC, Global Communications Center, Building 19, Auditorium B3, 
1600 Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta, Georgia, 30333.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. Please 
register for the meeting at http://www.cdc.gov/hicpac.

Purpose: The Committee is charged with providing advice and guidance to 
the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary for Health, the Director, CDC, 
the Director, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious 
Diseases (NCEZID), and the Director, Division of Healthcare Quality 
Promotion regarding (1) The practice of healthcare infection control; 
(2) strategies for surveillance, prevention, and control of infections 
(e.g., nosocomial infections), antimicrobial resistance, and related 
events in settings where healthcare is provided; and (3) periodic 
updating of guidelines and other policy statements regarding prevention 
of healthcare-associated infections and healthcare-related conditions.

Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda will include updates on CDC's 
activities for healthcare associated infections; draft guidelines for 
prevention of infections among patients in neonatal intensive care 
units (NICU); draft guidelines for infection control in healthcare 
personnel; draft guidelines for the prevention of surgical site 
infections; update from the HICPAC surveillance working group; and 
discussion of a draft infection control worksheet for acute-care 
hospitals. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

Contact Person for More Information: Heidi Williams, HICPAC, Division 
of Healthcare Quality Promotion, NCEZID, CDC, l600 Clifton Road, NE., 
Mailstop A-07, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone (404) 639-4227. Email: 
[email protected].
    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.

    Dated: May 16, 2011.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-12560 Filed 5-20-11; 8:45 am]
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