{"abstract":"The Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy (OIDP) in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) announces the draft targets for updating the Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) National Action Plan, Phase 1, Acute Care Hospitals, for public comment. The HHS Core Group of the HAI National Action Plan reviewed data pre-pandemic and between 2020 and 2021 and developed potential 5-year targets based on assumptions that current HAI rates should return to pre-pandemic baseline rates within 2 years or within 3 years when determining these 5-year targets. The HHS HAI NAP Core Group recommends 5-year targets assuming a return to pre-pandemic baseline rates within 3 years based on two fundamentals: (1) pandemic-related challenges will likely persist in upcoming years, and (2) the pandemic has caused major strains on the health care system which make a 3-year timeline to achieve pre-pandemic Standardized Infection Ratio (SIR) the most appropriate choice. The draft targets are below.","action":"Notice for public comment.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2022/11/15/2022-24822.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"87 FR 68506","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2023-01-13","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"All comments must be received by 5:00 p.m. ET on January 13, 2023, to be considered.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2022-24822","effective_on":null,"end_page":68506,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2022/11/15/2022-24822.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/11/15/2022-24822/notice-for-public-comments-on-healthcare-associated-infections-hai-national-action-plan-targets","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2022-24822?publication_date=2022-11-15","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2022-11-15/2022-24822/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":1,"page_views":{"count":1024,"last_updated":"2026-10-23 10:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-11-15/pdf/2022-24822.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-24822.pdf?1668433532","publication_date":"2022-11-15","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2022/11/15/2022-24822.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2023-02-28T00:59:01Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":68506,"subtype":null,"title":"Notice for Public Comments on Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) National Action Plan Targets","toc_doc":"Healthcare-Associated Infections National Action Plan Targets","toc_subject":null,"topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":87}