[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 192 (Monday, October 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60147-60148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-25213]
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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 (P.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., November 5, 2015
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., November 6, 2015
Place: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Global
Communications Center, Building 19, Auditorium B, 1600 Clifton Rd.,
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, Health and Human Services
regarding (1) the
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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 and control of healthcare associated
infections (HAIs), updates on hospital antimicrobial stewardship
activities, improving reprocessing of medical devices in healthcare
settings, infection control practice improvements.
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 pertaining to
announcements of meetings and other committee management activities,
for both CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Catherine Ramadei,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 2015-25213 Filed 10-2-15; 8:45 am]
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