[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 20 (Wednesday, January 30, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 6329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-01979]


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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: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., March 14, 2013; 9:00 a.m.-
12:00 p.m., March 15, 2013.
    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 Director, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, 
the Director, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious 
Diseases (NCEZID), the Deputy Director, Office of Infectious 
Diseases (OID), the Director, CDC, and the Secretary, Health and 
Human Services regarding: (1) The practice of healthcare infection 
prevention and control; (2) strategies for surveillance, prevention, 
and control of infections, antimicrobial resistance, and related 
events in settings where healthcare is provided; and (3) periodic 
updating of CDC 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; an update on draft CDC guidelines 
including: guideline for prevention of infections among patients in 
neonatal intensive care units (NICU), guideline for the prevention 
of surgical site infections, and guideline for infection prevention 
in healthcare personnel. Also to be discussed are updates on 
National HealthCare Safety Network (NHSN) surveillance activities 
including measure development and discussion about surgical site 
infection definitions from the HICPAC surveillance working group. 
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.

Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-01979 Filed 1-29-13; 8:45 am]
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