The CDC ended its healthcare infection control practices advisory committee on May 8, and healthcare associations and groups are decrying the decision. Each year, hospitals incur $28.4 billion to $45 ...

the guidelines likely won’t change, and then people will be sort of flying by the seat of their pants,” said Connie Steed, a HICPAC member since 2023 and former president of the Association for ...

The termination of the committee will also reduce transparency within the Department of Health and Human Services.

to create infection control guidelines, including those for hand washing, mask use and isolating sick patients, NBC News reported. The CDC shared a letter with members after a virtual meeting last ...

It shared guidelines on disinfection and sterilization, environmental infection control and hand hygiene in health care settings, among other areas of concern. One fellow at the Infectious ...

HICPAC was charged with updating guidelines and policy statements on infectious disease prevention in United States hospitals, according to the CDC. Infection prevention and control professionals ...

The first comprehensive guidelines dedicated to minimizing infections in patients undergoing surgeries and procedures involving regional anesthesia and acute and chronic interventional pain ...

The guidelines, which had not been updated ... any public access to the process for drafting CDC guidance on infection control for health care settings. This further undermines safety for patients ...

A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory group that shaped infection control in hospitals was shut down Experts say the committee’s closure could prevent infection guidelines ...