[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 120 (Monday, June 23, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35546-35547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14617]
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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) announce the following meeting for the aforementioned
committee:
Times and Dates:
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., July 17, 2014
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., July 18, 2014
Place: CDC, Global Communications Center, Building 19,
Auditorium B3, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia, 30333
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 Director, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion,
the Director, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious
Diseases (NCEZID), the Director, CDC, 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 for Discussion: The agenda will include updates on the
Draft Guideline to Prevent Surgical Site Infections; the Draft
Guideline to Prevent Infections in Neonatal Intensive Care Units;
CDC's activities for prevention of antimicrobial resistant
healthcare associated infections; updates on prevention and
surveillance of catheter-associated urinary tract infections; and
HICPAC core infection prevention and control practices.
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, 1600 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
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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.
Gary J. Johnson,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014-14617 Filed 6-20-14; 8:45 am]
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