80 FR 34437 - Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 115 (June 16, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 115 (Tuesday, June 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 34437]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-14751]


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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 16, 2015
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., July 17, 2015

    Place: CDC, 1600 Clifton Rd., Global Communications Center, 
Building 19, Auditorium B, 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, and 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 and control of healthcare associated 
infections (HAIs), updates on hospital antimicrobial stewardship 
activities, an update on Draft Guideline to Prevent Surgical Site 
Infections, infection control practice improvements, and 
environmental infection control.
    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 CDC 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. 2015-14751 Filed 6-15-15; 8:45 am]
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