[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 180 (Monday, September 17, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 46950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20118]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Docket No. CDC-2018-0090]


Draft Update to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
Infection Prevention and Control Recommendation Categorization Scheme

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

ACTION: Notice with comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in the 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announces the opening of 
a docket to obtain comment on the Draft Update to the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention Infection Prevention and Control 
Recommendation Categorization Scheme (Draft Update). The Draft Update 
provides updated categories that specify the strength of CDC's 
Infection Prevention and Control Guideline Recommendations. The Draft 
Update also includes recommendation justification tables, a new 
component of the recommendation development process, that provide 
transparency into the considerations weighed when developing infection 
prevention and control recommendations.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before October 17, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2018-
0090 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National 
Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, Attn: Docket No. CDC-2018-0090, HICPAC 
Secretariat, 1600 Clifton Rd. NE, Mailstop A-07, Atlanta, Georgia, 
30329.
    Instructions: Submissions via http://regulations.gov are preferred. 
All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket 
Number. All relevant comments received will be posted without change to 
http://regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. 
For access to the docket to read background documents or comments 
received, go to http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Stone, Division of Healthcare 
Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious 
Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road 
NE, Mailstop A-07, Atlanta, Georgia, 30329; Telephone: (404) 639-4000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Participation

    Interested persons or organizations are invited to participate by 
submitting written views, recommendations, and data.
    Please note that comments received, including attachments and other 
supporting materials, are part of the public record and are subject to 
public disclosure. Comments will be posted on https://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, do not include any information in your 
comment or supporting materials that you consider confidential or 
inappropriate for public disclosure. If you include your name, contact 
information, or other information that identifies you in the body of 
your comments, that information will be on public display. CDC will 
review all submissions and may choose to redact, or withhold, 
submissions containing private or proprietary information such as 
Social Security numbers, medical information, inappropriate language, 
or duplicate/near duplicate examples of a mass-mail campaign. CDC will 
carefully consider all comments submitted in preparation of the final 
Update to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Infection 
Prevention and Control Recommendation Categorization Scheme and may 
revise the final document as appropriate.

Background

    This Draft Update is a recommendation from the Healthcare Infection 
Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) to CDC on the updating of 
CDC's infection prevention and control recommendation categories. The 
Draft Update is located in the ``Supporting & Related Material'' tab of 
the docket.
    HICPAC is a federal advisory committee charged with providing 
advice and guidance to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
and includes representatives from the public health and infectious 
diseases fields, regulatory and other federal agencies, professional 
societies, and other stakeholders. This Draft Update is not a Federal 
rule or regulation.
    Once finalized, the Recommendation Categories and supporting 
Justification Tables will be used by CDC, HICPAC, and HICPAC's 
workgroups in the development of infection prevention and control 
guideline recommendations.

    Dated: September 12, 2018.
Sandra Cashman,
Executive Secretary, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2018-20118 Filed 9-14-18; 8:45 am]
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