[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 2, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31595-31596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-14067]


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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 dialing 800-369-3175, passcode: 
7383308. A total of 200 lines will be available. Registration is 
required. To register for this call, please go to www.cdc.gov/hicpac. 
The public may 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 of written public comment is 
August 6, 2019. 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. Written comments received in advance of the meeting 
will be included in the official record of the meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on August 20, 2019, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 
p.m., EDT.

ADDRESSES: Teleconference Number: 800-369-3175, passcode: 7383308.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Koo-Whang Chung, M.P.H., HICPAC, 
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, NCEZID, CDC, l600 Clifton 
Road NE, Mailstop H16-3, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; Telephone (404) 498-
0730; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Purpose: The Committee is charged with providing advice and 
guidance to the Director, Division of Healthcare

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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 updates from the 
following HICPAC workgroups: The Healthcare Personnel Guideline 
Workgroup and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Guideline 
Workgroup. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    The Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, 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.

Sherri Berger,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2019-14067 Filed 7-1-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4163-19-P