The Draft Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infections is now available on the Regulation.gov website for public review and comment. The Federal Register notice for the Draft SSI Guideline is available online and in PDF format. It contains instructions for where to download the documents and instructions for submitting comments.
The public comment period closes Feb. 28, 2014. HICPAC encourages electronic submission of comments at: http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=CDC-2014-0003.
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