[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 62636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24341]


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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) announce the following meeting for the aforementioned 
committee:

    Times and Dates: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., November 6, 2013; 9:00 
a.m.-12:00 p.m., November 7, 2013.
    Place: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 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 Director, CDC, 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 and healthcare-
related conditions.
    Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda will include updates on CDC 
and Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion's (DHQP's) activities 
for prevention and surveillance of healthcare associated infections 
(HAI) and antimicrobial resistance, and developing a process to 
define core infection prevention and control methods. Also to be 
discussed is the development of guidance for CDC guideline 
recommendations that are categorized as ``unresolved''.
    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. 2013-24341 Filed 10-21-13; 8:45 am]
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