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)

Page Range		60147-60148
FR Document		2015-25213

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 192 (Monday, 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).
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interest. discussion in this Notice, see http:// 2016. The building redesignation
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comments online, or to send them to the General Services Administration, Office
review under the PRA should
Commission by courier or overnight of Government-wide Policy (OGP), Attn:
additionally be submitted to OMB. If
service. To make sure that the Carolyn Austin-Diggs, 1800 F Street
sent by U.S. mail, they should be
Commission considers your online NW., Washington, DC 20405, at 202–
addressed to Office of Information and
comment, you must file it at https:// 219–1800, or by email at carolyn.austin-
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/ diggs@gsa.gov.
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instructions on the web-based form. Commission, New Executive Office bulletin announces the redesignation of
When this Notice appears at http:// Building, Docket Library, Room 10102, a Federal building. Public Law 114–16,
www.regulations.gov/#!home, you also 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 129 STAT. 200, dated May 22, 2015,
may file a comment through that Web 20503. Comments sent to OMB by U.S. designated the United States Customs
site. postal mail, however, are subject to and Border Protection Port of Entry
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write ‘‘Red Flags Rule, PRA Comment, precautions. Thus, comments instead Avenue in Douglas, Arizona, as the
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comment to the following address:
Federal Trade Commission, Office of the David C. Shonka, Denise Turner Roth,
Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue Principal Deputy General Counsel. Administrator of General Services.
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consider and use in this proceeding as
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appropriate. The Commission will
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public comments that it receives on or Policy (OGP), General Services This bulletin announcement expires
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4. Who should we contact for further DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m., November 6, 2015
information regarding redesignation of HUMAN SERVICES Place: Centers for Disease Control and
this Federal building? U.S. General Prevention Global Communications
Services Administration, Office of Centers for Disease Control and Center, Building 19, Auditorium B, 1600
Government-wide Policy (OGP), Attn: Prevention Clifton Rd., Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
Carolyn Austin-Diggs, 1800 F Street Status: Open to the public, limited
Healthcare Infection Control Practices only by the space available. Please
NW., Washington, DC 20405, telephone Advisory Committee (HICPAC)
number: 202–219–1800, or email at register for the meeting at www.cdc.gov/
Carolyn.austin-diggs@gsa.gov. In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of hicpac.
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the Federal Advisory Committee Act Purpose: The Committee is charged
Denise Turner Roth, (P.L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease with providing advice and guidance to
Administrator of General Services. Control and Prevention (CDC) announce the Director, Division of Healthcare
[FR Doc. 2015–25152 Filed 10–2–15; 8:45 am] the following meeting for the Quality Promotion, the Director,
BILLING CODE 6820–14–P aforementioned committee: National Center for Emerging and
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID),
Times and Dates the Director, CDC, the Secretary, Health
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., November 5, 2015 and Human Services regarding (1) the

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practice of healthcare infection the proposed information collection is policies, procedures, practices) and
prevention and control; (2) strategies for published to obtain comments from the workers compensation (WC) injury/
surveillance, prevention, and control of public and affected agencies. illness outcomes in a stratified sample
infections, antimicrobial resistance, and Written comments and suggestions of OBWC-insured wholesale/retail trade
related events in settings where from the public and affected agencies (WRT) firms. Crucial OSH program
healthcare is provided; and (3) periodic concerning the proposed collection of elements with particularly high impact
updating of CDC guidelines and other information are encouraged. Your on WC losses will be identified in this
policy statements regarding prevention comments should address any of the study and disseminated to the WRT
of healthcare-associated infections and following: (a) Evaluate whether the sector.
healthcare-related conditions. proposed collection of information is
Matters for Discussion: The agenda necessary for the proper performance of There are expected to be up to 4,404
will include updates on CDC’s activities the functions of the agency, including participants per year. Surveys are being
for prevention and control of healthcare whether the information will have administered twice to the same firms in
associated infections (HAIs), updates on practical utility; (b) Evaluate the successive years (e.g. from January–
hospital antimicrobial stewardship accuracy of the agencies estimate of the December 2014 and again from January–
activities, improving reprocessing of burden of the proposed collection of December 2015). An individual
medical devices in healthcare settings, information, including the validity of responsible for the OSH program at each
infection control practice the methodology and assumptions used; firm is being asked to complete a survey
improvements. (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and that includes a background section
Agenda items are subject to change as clarity of the information to be related to respondent and company
priorities dictate. collected; (d) Minimize the burden of demographics and a main section where
Contact Person for More Information: the collection of information on those individuals are being asked to evaluate
Erin Stone, M.S., HICPAC, Division of who are to respond, including through organizational metrics related to their
Healthcare Quality Promotion, NCEZID, the use of appropriate automated, firm’s OSH program. The firm-level
CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE., Mailstop electronic, mechanical, or other survey data will be linked to five years
A–07, Atlanta, Georgia 30333. technological collection techniques or of retrospective injury and illness WC
Telephone (404) 639–4045. Email: other forms of information technology, claims data and two years of prospective
hicpac@cdc.gov. e.g., permitting electronic submission of injury and illness WC claims data from
The Director, Management Analysis responses; and (e) Assess information OBWC to determine which
and Services Office, has been delegated collection costs. organizational metrics are related to
the authority to sign Federal Register To request additional information on firm-level injury and illness WC claim
notices pertaining to announcements of the proposed project or to obtain a copy rates. A nested study is asking multiple
meetings and other committee of the information collection plan and respondents at a subset of 60 firms to
management activities, for both CDC instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or participate by completing surveys. A
and the Agency for Toxic Substances send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Written five-minute interview will be conducted
and Disease Registry. comments and/or suggestions regarding with a 10% sample of non-responders
Catherine Ramadei, the items contained in this notice (up to 792 individuals).
Acting Director, Management Analysis and should be directed to the Attention: In order to maximize efficiency and
Services Office, Centers for Disease Control CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management reduce burden, a Web-based survey is
and Prevention (CDC). and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or proposed for the majority (95%) of
[FR Doc. 2015–25213 Filed 10–2–15; 8:45 am] by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written survey data collection. Collected
BILLING CODE 4163–18–P comments should be received within 30 information will be used to determine
days of this notice. whether a significant relationship exists
Proposed Project between self-reported firm OSH
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND elements and firm WC outcomes while
HUMAN SERVICES Occupational Safety and Health
controlling for covariates. Once the
Program Elements in the Wholesale
study is completed, benchmarking
Centers for Disease Control and Retail Trade Sector—Extension—
reports about OSH elements that have
Prevention National Institute for Occupational
the highest impact on WC losses in the
Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for
[30Day–15–0949] WRT sector will be made available
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
through the NIOSH–OBWC Internet
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Background and Brief Description sites and peer-reviewed publications.
Reduction Act Review
For the current study, the National In summary, this study will determine
The Centers for Disease Control and Institute for Occupational Safety and the effectiveness of OSH program
Prevention (CDC) has submitted the Health (NIOSH) and the Ohio Bureau of elements in the WRT sector and enable
following information collection request Workers Compensation (OBWC) have evidence-based prevention practices to
to the Office of Management and Budget been collaborating to examine the be shared with the greatest audience
(OMB) for review and approval in association between survey-assessed possible. NIOSH expects to complete
accordance with the Paperwork Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) data collection in 2018. There is no cost
Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for program elements (organizational to respondents other than their time.
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Section		Notices
FR Citation		80 FR 60147

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

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESCenters for Disease Control and Prevention

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

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