81_FR_40823 81 FR 40703 - Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)

81 FR 40703 - Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)

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

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 120 (June 22, 2016)

Page Range40703-40703
FR Document2016-14788

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 120 (Wednesday, June 22, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 40703]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14788]


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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, July 14, 2016; 9:00 
a.m.-12:00 p.m., EDT, July 15, 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. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 300 people. 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, 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.

Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2016-14788 Filed 6-21-16; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 120 / Wednesday, June 22, 2016 / Notices 40703 Leroy A. Richardson, Healthcare Quality Promotion, NCEZID, To request additional information on Chief, Information Collection Review Office, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE., Mailstop the proposed project or to obtain a copy Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the A–07, Atlanta, Georgia 30333 Telephone of the information collection plan and Associate Director for Science, Office of the (404) 639–4045, Email: hicpac@cdc.gov. instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or Director, Centers for Disease Control and The Director, Management Analysis send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Direct Prevention. and Services Office, has been delegated written comments and/or suggestions [FR Doc. 2016–14725 Filed 6–21–16; 8:45 am] the authority to sign Federal Register regarding the items contained in this BILLING CODE 4163–18–P notices pertaining to announcements of notice to the Attention: CDC Desk meetings and other committee Officer, Office of Management and management activities, for both the Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Centers for Disease Control and to (202) 395–5806. Written comments HUMAN SERVICES Prevention and the Agency for Toxic should be received within 30 days of Substances and Disease Registry. this notice. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Elaine L. Baker, Proposed Project Director, Management Analysis and Services Health Risks from Using Private Wells Healthcare Infection Control Practices Office, Centers for Disease Control and for Drinking Water—New — National Advisory Committee (HICPAC) Prevention. Center for Environmental Health In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of [FR Doc. 2016–14788 Filed 6–21–16; 8:45 am] (NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and the Federal Advisory Committee Act BILLING CODE 4163–18–P Prevention (CDC). (Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease Background and Brief Description Control and Prevention (CDC) announce the following meeting for the DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND The Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 aforementioned committee: HUMAN SERVICES (SDWA) ensures that most Americans Times and Dates: 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., are provided access to water that meets EDT, July 14, 2016; 9:00 a.m.–12:00 Centers for Disease Control and established public health standards. p.m., EDT, July 15, 2016. Prevention However, for over 38 million Americans Place: Centers for Disease Control and [30Day–16–16TL] who rely on private wells or other Prevention, Global Communications drinking water not protected by the Center, Building 19, Auditorium B, 1600 Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork SDWA (herein referred to as private Clifton Road NE., Atlanta, Georgia Reduction Act Review wells), that is not the case. There is no 30333. comprehensive knowledge about the Status: Open to the public, limited The Centers for Disease Control and locations of private wells, the only by the space available. The meeting Prevention (CDC) has submitted the populations served by these sources, room accommodates approximately 300 following information collection request potential contaminants that might be people. Please register for the meeting at to the Office of Management and Budget present in private well water in specific www.cdc.gov/hicpac. (OMB) for review and approval in areas of the country, or the potential Purpose: The Committee is charged accordance with the Paperwork health risks associated with drinking with providing advice and guidance to Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for water from these sources. the Director, Division of Healthcare the proposed information collection is The purpose of this new generic Quality Promotion, the Director, published to obtain comments from the clearance information collection request National Center for Emerging and public and affected agencies. is to assess the health risks associated Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Written comments and suggestions with exposure to contaminants in the Director, CDC, the Secretary, Health from the public and affected agencies drinking water from private wells across and Human Services regarding (1) the concerning the proposed collection of varied geographic areas of the United practice of healthcare infection information are encouraged. Your States in partnership with the prevention and control; (2) strategies for comments should address any of the requesting agency (state, territorial, surveillance, prevention, and control of following: (a) Evaluate whether the local, or tribal health department). The infections, antimicrobial resistance, and proposed collection of information is information obtained from these related events in settings where necessary for the proper performance of investigations will be used to describe healthcare is provided; and (3) periodic the functions of the agency, including health risks from exposure to updating of CDC guidelines and other whether the information will have contaminants in drinking water from policy statements regarding prevention practical utility; (b) Evaluate the private wells within a defined time of healthcare-associated infections and accuracy of the agencies estimate of the period and geographic distribution. This healthcare-related conditions. burden of the proposed collection of information will be used to inform Matters for Discussion: The agenda information, including the validity of public health protection activities will include updates on CDC’s activities the methodology and assumptions used; conducted by the requesting agencies. for prevention of healthcare associated (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and The respondents are defined as adults infections (HAIs), updates on clarity of the information to be at least 18 years old, who use private antimicrobial stewardship, an update on collected; (d) Minimize the burden of wells for drinking water, who are Draft Guideline for Prevention of the collection of information on those willing to receive and return a tap water who are to respond, including through sampling kit and urine specimen kit or mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES Infections in Healthcare Personnel, and an update from the workgroup for the use of appropriate automated, to provide a blood specimen, and who considerations on endoscope electronic, mechanical, or other are willing to answer survey questions. reprocessing. technological collection techniques or They will be recruited from geographic Agenda items are subject to change as other forms of information technology, areas of interest as defined by the priorities dictate. e.g., permitting electronic submission of requesting agency. Contact Person for More Information: responses; and (e) Assess information Based on our historical activities, we Erin Stone, M.S., HICPAC, Division of collection costs. estimate that CDC will conduct up to 10 VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:02 Jun 21, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\22JNN1.SGM 22JNN1


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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
Dates9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., EDT, July 14, 2016; 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., EDT, July 15, 2016.
FR Citation81 FR 40703 
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