[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 93 (Monday, May 14, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 28392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-11547]


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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 of the aforementioned 
committee:

Times and Dates: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., June 14, 2012.
    9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., June 15, 2012.

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 www.cdc.gov/hicpac.

Purpose: The Committee is charged with providing advice and guidance to 
the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services, 
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 
(HAIs) and healthcare-related conditions.

Matters To Be Discussed:  The agenda will include updates on CDC's 
activities for HAIs including outbreaks and guidance on the use of 
single-dose vials; draft guideline for prevention of infections among 
patients in neonatal intensive care units (NICU); draft guideline for 
management of occupational exposures to HIV and recommendations for 
post-exposure prophylaxis; draft guidance for facility adjudication of 
infection data; and an update on National HealthCare Safety Network 
(NHSN) validation and surveillance definitions for central-line 
associated bloodstream infections and surgical site infections. Time 
will be available for public comment.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

Contact Person for More Information:  Erin Stone, M.S., HICPAC, 
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, NCEZID, CDC, l600 Clifton 
Road NE., Mailstop A-07, Atlanta, Georgia, 30333, Telephone (404) 639-
4045, 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 3, 2012.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-11547 Filed 5-11-12; 8:45 am]
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