Notice2024-09090
Meeting of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee
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Published
April 29, 2024
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces the following meeting for the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC). This virtual meeting is open to the public, limited only by the number of audio and web conference lines (500 audio and web conference lines are available). Time will be available for public comment. Registration is required.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 83 (Monday, April 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33353-33354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09090]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Meeting of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory
Committee
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces the following
meeting for the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory
Committee (HICPAC). This virtual meeting is open to the public, limited
only by the number of audio and web conference lines (500 audio and web
conference lines are available). Time will be available for public
comment. Registration is required.
DATES: The meeting will be held on June 6, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
EDT, and June 7, 2024, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., EDT.
ADDRESSES: To register for this web conference, please go to:
<a href="http://www.cdc.gov/hicpac">www.cdc.gov/hicpac</a>. All registered participants will receive the
meeting link and instructions shortly before the meeting. Please click
the link below to join the June 6 webinar: <a href="https://cdc.zoomgov.com/j/1619798307?pwd=cmdUT3lFNHFCNitXZElUdkdnZDRmQT09">https://cdc.zoomgov.com/j/1619798307?pwd=cmdUT3lFNHFCNitXZElUdkdnZDRmQT09</a>.
Passcode: fHTc=?7n.
Please click the link below to join the June 7 Webinar: <a href="https://cdc.zoomgov.com/j/1615598629?pwd=Ny9pcjhROGR2dGZNeUlmaTQvQWZxZz09">https://cdc.zoomgov.com/j/1615598629?pwd=Ny9pcjhROGR2dGZNeUlmaTQvQWZxZz09</a>.
Passcode: 8rLxq?*f.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sydnee Byrd, M.P.A., HICPAC, Division
of Healthcare Quality Promotion, NCEZID, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE,
Mailstop H16-3, Atlanta, Georgia 30329-4027, Telephone: (404) 718-8039;
Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0f67666c7f6e6c4f6c6b6c21686079"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="670f0e041706042704030449000811">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose: The Committee is charged with providing advice and
guidance to the Director, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
(DHQP), the Director, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic
Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), the Director, CDC, and the Secretary,
Department of 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 to be Considered: The agenda will include the following
updates: The Healthcare Personnel Guideline Workgroup; Isolation
Precautions Guideline Workgroup; NHSN workgroup; and Dental Unit
Waterlines Guideline Update. Agenda items are subject to change.
Public Participation
Oral Public Comment: This meeting will include time for members of
the public to make an oral comment. Priority will be given to
individuals who submit a request to make an oral public comment before
the meeting according to the procedures below: All persons interested
in making an oral public comment at the June 6-7, 2024 HICPAC meeting
must submit a request between May 13, 2024, and May 24, 2024, at
<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/meeting.html">https://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/meeting.html</a> no later than 11:59 p.m., EDT,
May 22, 2024, according to the instructions provided on the HICPAC
website. If the number of persons requesting to speak is greater than
can be reasonably accommodated during the scheduled time, CDC will
conduct a lottery draw to determine the speakers for the scheduled
public comment session. CDC staff will notify individuals regarding
their request to speak by email on May 27, 2024.
The Director, Office of Strategic Business Initiatives, Office of
the Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 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
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Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Kalwant Smagh,
Director, Office of Strategic Business Initiatives, Office of the Chief
Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2024-09090 Filed 4-26-24; 8:45 am]
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