Notice2024-17220
Meeting of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee
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Published
August 5, 2024
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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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 150 (Monday, August 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63432-63433]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17220]
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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.
DATES: The meeting will be held on August 22, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m., EDT.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be webcast live via the World Wide Web. The
webcast link can be found on the HICPAC website: <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/meeting.html">https://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/meeting.html</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sydnee Byrd, M.P.A., Committee
Management Specialist, Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory
Committee, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center
for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop H16-3, Atlanta,
Georgia 30329-4027. Telephone: (404) 718-8039; Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2f47464c5f4e4c6f4c4b4c01484059"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e48c8d87948587a4878087ca838b92">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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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; Dental Unit Waterlines Guideline
Update; Division of Health Quality Promotion Updates; Review of Viral
Hemorrhagic Fever Update; Pathogen Reduction Guidance Introduction;
NHSN Update; Recommendation Categorization Framework 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 August 22, 2024 HICPAC meeting
must submit a request between July 26, 2024, and August 12, 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,
August 12, 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 to determine the speakers for the scheduled public
comment session. CDC staff will notify individuals regarding their
request to speak by email by August 17, 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
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. 2024-17220 Filed 8-2-24; 8:45 am]
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