[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 16334]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06455]


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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., April 10, 2014.
    9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., April 11, 2014.
    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 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 for Discussion: The agenda will include updates on the 
Draft Guideline to Prevent Surgical Site Infections, CDC and 
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion's (DHQP's) activities for 
prevention and surveillance of healthcare associated infections 
(HAI), core infection prevention and control practices and the Draft 
Health Care Personnel guideline.
    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, 1600 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. 2014-06455 Filed 3-24-14; 8:45 am]
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