Notice2022-03768
Draft Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel: Epidemiology and Control of Selected Infections Transmitted Among Healthcare Personnel and Patients: Rabies Section
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February 23, 2022
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Abstract
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announces the opening of a docket to obtain comment on the Draft Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel: Epidemiology and Control of Selected Infections Transmitted Among Healthcare Personnel and Patients: Rabies Section (Draft Guideline: Rabies Section). The Draft Guideline: Rabies Section updates the Rabies section of the Guideline for infection control in health care personnel, 1998 (1998 Guideline), Part E: Epidemiology and Control of Selected Infections Transmitted Among Health Care Personnel and Patients and its corresponding recommendations in Part II of the 1998 Guideline: "14. Rabies." The updated recommendations in the Draft Guideline: Rabies Section are intended for use by the leaders and staff of occupational health services. These updated recommendations will help facilitate the provision of occupational infection prevention and control services to healthcare personnel (HCP) who have been exposed or infected and may be contagious to others in the workplace.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10217-10218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03768]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[Docket No. CDC-2022-0028]
Draft Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel: Epidemiology and
Control of Selected Infections Transmitted Among Healthcare Personnel
and Patients: Rabies Section
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in the
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announces the opening of
a docket to obtain comment on the Draft Infection Control in Healthcare
Personnel: Epidemiology and Control of Selected Infections Transmitted
Among Healthcare Personnel and Patients: Rabies Section (Draft
Guideline: Rabies Section). The Draft Guideline: Rabies Section updates
the Rabies section of the Guideline for infection control in health
care personnel, 1998 (1998 Guideline), Part E: Epidemiology and Control
of Selected Infections Transmitted Among Health Care Personnel and
Patients and its corresponding recommendations in Part II of the 1998
Guideline: ``14. Rabies.'' The updated recommendations in the Draft
Guideline: Rabies Section are intended for use by the leaders and staff
of occupational health services. These updated recommendations will
help facilitate the provision of occupational infection prevention and
control services to healthcare personnel (HCP) who have been exposed or
infected and may be contagious to others in the workplace.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before April 25, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2022-
0028, by either of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
<bullet> Mail: Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory
Committee (HICPAC) Secretariat, Division of Healthcare Quality
Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd.
NE, Mailstop H16-3, Atlanta, Georgia 30329, Attn: Docket No. CDC-2022-
xxxx.
Instructions: Submissions via <a href="http://regulations.gov">http://regulations.gov</a> are preferred.
All submissions received must include the Agency name and Docket
Number. All relevant comments received will be posted without change to
<a href="http://regulations.gov">http://regulations.gov</a>, including any personal information provided.
For access to the docket to read background documents or comments
received, go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. Do not submit comments by
email. CDC does not accept comments by email.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Wells, Division of Healthcare
Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road NE, Mailstop H16-2, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; Telephone:
(404) 639-4000.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Participation
Interested persons or organizations are invited to participate by
submitting written views, recommendations, and data related to the
Draft Guideline: Rabies Section. Please note that comments received,
including attachments and other supporting materials, are part of the
public record and are subject to public disclosure. Comments will be
posted on <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Therefore, do not include any
information in your comment or supporting materials that you consider
confidential or inappropriate for public disclosure. If you include
your name, contact information, or other information that identifies
you in the body of your comments, that information will be on public
display. CDC will review all submissions and may choose to redact or
withhold submissions containing private or proprietary information such
as Social Security numbers, medical information, inappropriate
language, or duplicate/near duplicate examples of a mass-mail campaign.
CDC will carefully consider all comments submitted in preparation of
the final Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel: Epidemiology and
Control of Selected Infections Transmitted Among Healthcare Personnel
and Patients: Rabies Section and may revise the final document as
appropriate.
Background
The Draft Guideline: Rabies Section, located in the ``Supporting &
Related Material'' tab of the docket, updates the Rabies section of the
1998 Guideline, Part E: Epidemiology and Control of Selected Infections
Transmitted Among Health Care Personnel and Patients and its
corresponding recommendations in Part II of the 1998 Guideline: ``14.
Rabies.'' That section provided information and recommendations for
occupational health services of healthcare facilities and systems on
the prevention of transmission of infectious diseases among HCP and
patients. The 1998 Guideline can be found at <a href="https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/11563">https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/11563</a>. This Draft Guideline: Rabies Section update is part of
a larger guideline update: Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel.
Part I, Infrastructure and Routine Practices for Occupational Infection
Prevention and Control Services (2019) and the Diphtheria, Group A
Streptococcus, Meningococcal Disease, and Pertussis sections of Part
II, Epidemiology and Control of Selected Infections Transmitted Among
Healthcare Personnel and Patients (2021) are published on the CDC
Infection Control Guideline website and can be found at <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/guidelines/healthcare-personnel/index.html">https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/guidelines/healthcare-personnel/index.html</a>.
The Draft Guideline: Rabies Section, once finalized, is intended
for use by the leaders and staff of occupational health services to
guide the management of exposed or infected HCP who may be contagious
to others in the workplace. The draft recommendations in Draft
Guideline: Rabies Section update the 1998 recommendations with current
guidance on the management of HCP exposed to rabies or HCP potentially
infected with rabies, focusing on postexposure management, including
postexposure prophylaxis, for exposed HCP and work restrictions for
exposed or infected HCP.
Since 2015, the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory
Committee (HICPAC) has worked with national partners, academicians,
public health professionals, healthcare providers, and other partners
to develop Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel (<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/guidelines/healthcare-personnel/index.html">https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/guidelines/healthcare-personnel/index.html</a>) as a segmental update of the 1998 Guideline. HICPAC is a
federal advisory committee appointed to provide advice and guidance to
HHS and CDC regarding the practice of infection control and strategies
for surveillance, prevention, and control of healthcare-associated
infections, antimicrobial resistance and related events in U.S.
healthcare settings. HICPAC includes representatives from public
health, infectious diseases, regulatory and other federal agencies,
professional societies, and other interested community members. Draft
Guideline: Rabies Section, once finalized, will be the next section to
be posted to the Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel website.
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The updated draft recommendations in Draft Guideline: Rabies
Section are informed by reviews of the 1998 Guideline; CDC resources
(e.g., CDC Rabies website), guidance, and guidelines; and new
scientific evidence, when available. CDC is seeking feedback on
revisions or additions to consider for the recommendations and
narrative in the Draft Guideline: Rabies Section. Please provide
references to new evidence and justification to support any suggested
revisions or additions. This Draft Guideline: Rabies Section is not a
federal rule or regulation.
Dated: February 16, 2022.
Angela K. Oliver,
Executive Secretary, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2022-03768 Filed 2-22-22; 8:45 am]
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