[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 216 (Friday, November 7, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 66383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26511]
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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., December 4, 2014
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., December 5, 2014
Place: Emory Conference Center, The Silverbell Pavilion, 1615
Clifton Rd, Atlanta, Georgia, 30329.
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, 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 CDC's
activities for prevention of healthcare associated infections
(HAIs), updates on antimicrobial resistance, an update on Draft
Guidelines, and updates on healthcare preparedness and emerging
infections.
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.
Claudette Grant,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 2014-26511 Filed 11-6-14; 8:45 am]
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