[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 111 (Monday, June 12, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 26933]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-12122]


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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), National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious 
Diseases (NCEZID) announces a meeting of the aforementioned committee:
    Times and Dates:

9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., EDT, July 13, 2017
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., EDT, July 14, 2017

    Place: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Global 
Communications Center, Building 19, Auditorium B, 1600 Clifton Road 
NE., Atlanta, Georgia, 30329.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
Time will be available for public comment. The public is welcome to 
submit written comments in advance of the meeting. Comments should be 
submitted in writing by email to the contact person listed below. The 
deadline for receipt is June 30, 2017. All requests must contain the 
name, address, and organizational affiliation of the speaker, as well 
as the topic being addressed. Written comments should not exceed one 
single-spaced typed page in length and delivered in 3 minutes or less. 
Members of the public who wish to provide public comments should plan 
to attend the public comment session at the start time listed. Please 
note that the public comment period may end before the time indicated 
on the agenda, following the last call for comments. Written comments 
received in advance of the meeting will be included in the official 
record of the meeting.
    Purpose: The Committee is charged with providing advice and 
guidance to the Director, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion 
(DHQP), 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 CDC's 
activities for prevention of healthcare associated infections (HAIs), 
an update on the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion's (DHQP) 
modeling activities, updates on the Guideline for Prevention of 
Infection in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Patients and the 
Guideline for Prevention of Infection in Healthcare Personnel, and 
updates from the following HICPAC workgroups: The workgroup on 
antibiotic stewardship principles for inclusion into clinical practice 
guidelines, the workgroup on updating the CDC recommendation 
categorization scheme, the workgroup on developing CDC recommendations 
for products and practices, and the National Healthcare Safety Network 
(NHSN) Surveillance Workgroup.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Erin Stone, M.A., HICPAC, 
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, NCEZID, CDC, l600 Clifton 
Road NE., Mailstop A-07, Atlanta, Georgia 30329, 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. 2017-12122 Filed 6-9-17; 8:45 am]
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