80 FR 60147 - Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)

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

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 192 (October 5, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 192 (Monday, October 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60147-60148]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[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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