[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 99 (Monday, May 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 29756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12560]
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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) announces the following meeting for the aforementioned
committee:
Times and Dates:
9 a.m.-5 p.m., June 16, 2011.
9 a.m.-12 p.m., June 17, 2011.
Place: CDC, Global Communications Center, Building 19, Auditorium B3,
1600 Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta, Georgia, 30333.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. Please
register for the meeting at http://www.cdc.gov/hicpac.
Purpose: The Committee is charged with providing advice and guidance to
the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary for Health, the Director, CDC,
the Director, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious
Diseases (NCEZID), and the Director, Division of Healthcare Quality
Promotion regarding (1) The practice of healthcare infection control;
(2) strategies for surveillance, prevention, and control of infections
(e.g., nosocomial infections), antimicrobial resistance, and related
events in settings where healthcare is provided; and (3) periodic
updating of guidelines and other policy statements regarding prevention
of healthcare-associated infections and healthcare-related conditions.
Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda will include updates on CDC's
activities for healthcare associated infections; draft guidelines for
prevention of infections among patients in neonatal intensive care
units (NICU); draft guidelines for infection control in healthcare
personnel; draft guidelines for the prevention of surgical site
infections; update from the HICPAC surveillance working group; and
discussion of a draft infection control worksheet for acute-care
hospitals. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Contact Person for More Information: Heidi Williams, HICPAC, Division
of Healthcare Quality Promotion, NCEZID, CDC, l600 Clifton Road, NE.,
Mailstop A-07, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone (404) 639-4227. 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.
Dated: May 16, 2011.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-12560 Filed 5-20-11; 8:45 am]
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