[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 201 (Thursday, October 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 83688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23896]
[[Page 83688]]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Meeting of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory
Committee
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces the following
meeting for the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory
Committee (HICPAC). This virtual meeting is open to the public.
DATES: The meeting will be held on November 14, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m., EST, and November 15, 2024, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., EST.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be webcast live via the World Wide Web. The
webcast link can be found on the HICPAC website. https://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/meeting.html
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sydnee Byrd, M.P.A., Program Analyst,
HICPAC, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, NCEZID, CDC, 1600
Clifton Road NE, Mailstop H16-3, Atlanta, Georgia 30329-4027,
Telephone: (404) 718-8039; 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; and the Secretary,
Department of 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 the following
updates: The Division of Health Quality Promotion Updates; Isolation
Precautions Guideline Workgroup; the NHSN Neonatal Pediatric
Definitions Update and the Healthcare Personnel Guideline Workgroup.
Agenda items are subject to change.
Public Participation
Oral Public Comment: This meeting will include time for members of
the public to make an oral comment. Priority will be given to
individuals who submit a request to make an oral public comment before
the meeting according to the procedures below. All persons interested
in making an oral public comment at the November 14-15, 2024, HICPAC
meeting must submit a request between October 15, 2024, and October 25,
2024, at https://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/meeting.html no later than 5 p.m.,
EDT, October 25, 2024, according to the instructions provided. If the
number of persons requesting to speak is greater than can be reasonably
accommodated during the scheduled time, CDC will conduct a lottery to
determine the speakers for the scheduled public comment session. CDC
staff will notify individuals regarding their request to speak by email
by November 1, 2024.
The Director, Office of Strategic Business Initiatives, Office of
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.
Kalwant Smagh,
Director, Office of Strategic Business Initiatives, Office of the Chief
Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2024-23896 Filed 10-16-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4163-18-P