[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 37 (Thursday, February 25, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 9477]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-03929]
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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., EDT, March 31, 2016; 9:00
a.m.-12:00 p.m., EDT, April 1, 2016.
Place: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Global
Communications Center, Building 19, Auditorium B, 1600 Clifton Road
NE., 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 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 stewardship, an update on Draft
Guideline for Prevention of Infections in Healthcare Personnel,
chlorhexidine gluconate-impregnated dressings, and an update from
the workgroup for considerations on endoscope reprocessing.
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 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.
[FR Doc. 2016-03929 Filed 2-24-16; 8:45 am]
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