[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 248 (Thursday, December 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61573-61574]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-28072]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee 
(HICPAC)

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the CDC 
announces the following meeting for the Healthcare Infection Control 
Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC). This meeting is open to the 
public, limited only by audio phone lines available. The public is also 
welcome to listen to the meeting by

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dialing 888-946-7207, passcode: 5023213. A total of 200 lines will be 
available. To register for this call, please go to www.cdc.gov/hicpac.

DATES: The meeting will be held on February 15, 2018, 12:00 p.m. to 
2:00 p.m., EST.

ADDRESSES: Teleconference Number: 888-946-7207, passcode: 5023213

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Stone, M.A., HICPAC, Division of 
Healthcare Quality Promotion, NCEZID, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE, 
Mailstop A-31, Atlanta, Georgia 30333; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    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 To Be Considered: The agenda will include discussions from 
the recommendation categorization update workgroup, the guidelines for 
infection prevention in healthcare personnel workgroup, and the 
guidelines for infection prevention in patients of neonatal intensive 
care units workgroup. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities 
dictate.
    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.

Claudette Grant,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2017-28072 Filed 12-27-17; 8:45 am]
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