October 17, 2019 - 9:00am

Department of State Health Services
1100 West 49th Street, Moreton Building, Room M-100
Austin Texas, 78756

Agenda

Webcasting Available

This meeting is intended to be webcast. To access the webcast, please refer to the Texas Health and Human Services website at https://hhs.texas.gov/about-hhs/communications-events/live-archived-meetings on the day and time of the meeting and click on the “Moreton M-100 Live” blue tab.

1. Call to Order
   1. Logistical Announcements
   2. Roll Calls
2. Welcome and Introductions
3. Approval of Minutes from June 20, 2019 Meeting*
4. Program Staffing Update
5. 2020 Healthcare Safety Advisory Committee Meeting Dates
6. Antibiotic Stewardship Program and Activities
7. Healthcare-Associated Infections/Preventable Adverse Events
   1. Reporting Update
   2. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Alignment
8. Antibiotic Use and Resistance Module/Standardized Antimicrobial Administration Ratio
9. Consumer Healthcare Safety Activities Update
   1. Enhancing Health Literacy of the Healthcare Safety Websites
   2. Medical Debt: An Adverse Event of Hospitalizations
10. Lunch
11. HAI Investigation Team
    1. Antibiotic Resistance Laboratory Network Update
    2. Data Use Agreement
    3. Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) State Plan/Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity Grant
12. Regional HAI Updates
13. Public Comment(s)
14. Action and Agenda Items for Next Meeting and Adjournment

*Denotes possible action items

The Committee accepts public comment at meetings. Persons wishing to address the Committee must complete a registration form at the reception desk before the start of the meeting. The Committee observes a three-minute time limit per speaker on public comments.

Contact: Enyinnaya Merengwa, 1100 West 49th Street, Mail Code 1960, Austin, Texas 78714-4397, 512-776-6878 or HCSAdvisory@dshs.texas.gov.

This meeting is open to the public. No reservations are required, and there is no cost to attend this meeting. Agenda items may be taken in any order at the discretion of the Chair.

Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and require auxiliary aids or services are asked to contact Enyinnaya Merengwa, Department of State Health Services, at 512-776-6878 or HCSAdvisory@dshs.texas.gov at least 72 hours prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements may be made.