[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 201 (Thursday, October 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 83688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23896]



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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.

DATES: The meeting will be held on November 14, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 5 
p.m., EST, and November 15, 2024, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., EST.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be webcast live via the World Wide Web. The 
webcast link can be found on the HICPAC website. https://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/meeting.html

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sydnee Byrd, M.P.A., Program Analyst, 
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#9ff7f6fceffefcdffcfbfcb1f8f0e9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f890919b88999bb89b9c9bd69f978e">[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 Division of Health Quality Promotion Updates; Isolation 
Precautions Guideline Workgroup; the NHSN Neonatal Pediatric 
Definitions Update and the Healthcare Personnel Guideline Workgroup. 
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 November 14-15, 2024, HICPAC 
meeting must submit a request between October 15, 2024, and October 25, 
2024, at https://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/meeting.html no later than 5 p.m., 
EDT, October 25, 2024, according to the instructions provided. 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 November 1, 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. 2024-23896 Filed 10-16-24; 8:45 am]
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