Notice2023-08804
Draft Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel: Epidemiology and Control of Selected Infections Transmitted Among Healthcare Personnel and Patients: Pregnant Healthcare Personnel Section
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April 26, 2023
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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: Pregnant Healthcare Personnel Section ("Draft Guideline: Pregnant Healthcare Personnel Section"). The Draft Guideline: Pregnant Healthcare Personnel Section updates the Guideline for infection control in health care personnel, 1998 ("1998 Guideline"), Part F: Pregnant Personnel, and its corresponding recommendations in Part II of the 1998 Guideline. The updated recommendation in the Draft Guideline: Pregnant Healthcare Personnel Section is intended for use by the leaders and staff of Occupational Health Services. This updated recommendation will help facilitate the provision of occupational infection prevention and control services to healthcare personnel (HCP) who are pregnant or intend to become pregnant.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25407-25408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08804]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[Docket No. CDC-2023-0025]
Draft Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel: Epidemiology and
Control of Selected Infections Transmitted Among Healthcare Personnel
and Patients: Pregnant Healthcare Personnel Section
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
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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: Pregnant Healthcare Personnel
Section (``Draft Guideline: Pregnant Healthcare Personnel Section'').
The Draft Guideline: Pregnant Healthcare Personnel Section updates the
Guideline for infection control in health care personnel, 1998 (``1998
Guideline''), Part F: Pregnant Personnel, and its corresponding
recommendations in Part II of the 1998 Guideline. The updated
recommendation in the Draft Guideline: Pregnant Healthcare Personnel
Section is intended for use by the leaders and staff of Occupational
Health Services. This updated recommendation will help facilitate the
provision of occupational infection prevention and control
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services to healthcare personnel (HCP) who are pregnant or intend to
become pregnant.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before June 26, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2023-
0025 by either of the methods listed below. Do not submit comments by
email. CDC does not accept comments by email.
<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
Road NE, Mailstop H16-3, Atlanta, Georgia 30329, Attn: Docket Number
CDC-2023-0025
Instructions: 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>.
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: Pregnant Healthcare Personnel 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. Do not
submit comments by email. CDC does not accept comments by email.
Background
The Draft Guideline: Pregnant Healthcare Personnel Section, located
in the ``Supporting & Related Material'' tab of the docket, updates the
Guideline for infection control in health care personnel, 1998, Part F:
Pregnant Personnel, and its corresponding recommendations in Part II of
the 1998 Guideline. The 1998 Guideline provided information and
recommendations for Occupational Health Services (OHS) of healthcare
facilities and systems on the prevention of transmission of infectious
diseases among healthcare personnel (HCP) and patients and can be found
at <a href="https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/11563">https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/11563</a>.
In this document, ``OHS'' is used synonymously with ``Employee
Health,'' ``Employee Health Services,'' ``Employee Health and Safety,''
``Occupational Health,'' and other such programs. OHS refers to the
group, department, or program that addresses many aspects of health and
safety in the workplace for HCP, including the provision of clinical
services for work-related injuries, exposures, and illnesses. In
healthcare settings, OHS addresses workplace hazards including
communicable diseases; slips, trips, and falls; patient handling
injuries; chemical exposures; HCP burnout; and workplace violence.
This Draft Guideline: Pregnant Healthcare Personnel 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, Pertussis,
and Rabies sections of Part II, Epidemiology and Control of Selected
Infections Transmitted Among Healthcare Personnel and Patients (2022)
are complete and have been published on the CDC Infection Control
Guideline website: <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: Pregnant
Healthcare Personnel Section, once finalized, is intended for use by
the leaders and staff of OHS to guide the provision of occupational
infection prevention and control services to HCP who are pregnant or
intend to become pregnant.
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 United
States healthcare settings. HICPAC includes representatives from public
health, infectious diseases, regulatory and other federal agencies,
professional societies, and other stakeholders. Draft Guideline:
Pregnant Healthcare Personnel Section, once finalized, will be the next
section to be posted to the Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel
website.
The updated draft recommendation in Draft Guideline: Pregnant
Healthcare Personnel Section is informed by reviews of the 1998
Guideline; CDC resources (e.g., CDC infection control website),
guidance, and guidelines as noted more specifically in the draft
document; and new scientific evidence, when available. CDC is seeking
comments on the Draft Guideline: Pregnant Healthcare Personnel Section.
Please provide references to new evidence and justification to support
any suggested revisions or additions. This Draft Guideline: Pregnant
Healthcare Personnel Section is not a federal rule or regulation.
Tiffany Brown,
Executive Secretary, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2023-08804 Filed 4-25-23; 8:45 am]
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