[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 183 (Thursday, September 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 58397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23193]


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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: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., October 11, 2012; 9:00 
a.m.-12:00 p.m., October 12, 2012
    Place: Renaissance Washington, DC Dupont Circle Hotel, City 
Center Ballroom, 1143 New Hampshire Avenue NW., Washington, District 
of Columbia 20037.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
Please register for the meeting at www.cdc.gov/hicpac.
    Purpose: The Committee is charged with providing advice and 
guidance to the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services 
(HHS); the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC); the Deputy Director, Office of Infectious Diseases (OID), 
CDC; and the Director, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic 
Infectious Disease (NCEZID), CDC, regarding (1) the practice of 
infection control; (2) strategies for surveillance, prevention, and 
control of healthcare-associated infections (e.g., nosocomial 
infections) antimicrobial resistance and related events in settings 
where healthcare is provided, including hospitals, ambulatory and 
long-term care facilities, and home health agencies; and (3) 
periodic updating of existing guidelines, development of new 
guidelines, guideline evaluation; and other policy statements 
regarding the prevention of healthcare-associated infections an 
healthcare-related conditions.
    Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda will include updates on 
CDC's activities for healthcare associated infections (HAI), an 
update on the draft guideline for prevention of infections among 
patients in neonatal intensive care units (NICU), draft guideline 
for the prevention of surgical site infections, draft guidance for 
facility adjudication of infection data, and an update from the 
HICPAC surveillance working group.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Erin Stone, M.S., HICPAC, 
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, NCEZID, CDC, l600 Clifton 
Road, NE., Mailstop A-07, Atlanta, Georgia 30333 Telephone (404) 
639-4045. 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: September 12, 2012.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-23193 Filed 9-19-12; 8:45 am]
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