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 ...

Accrediting bodies like The Joint Commission also turn to HICPAC guidelines when developing infection control standards for hospitals. If CDC recommends specific isolation precautions, surveyors ...

THURSDAY, May 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A federal committee that helped set national rules for infection control in hospitals has been shut down, raising concerns from health experts.

Some members now say they fear that its guidelines will be frozen ... any public access to the process for drafting CDC guidance on infection control for health care settings.

A handful of committee members said the CDC delivered ... care-associated infections. It shared guidelines on disinfection and sterilization, environmental infection control and hand hygiene ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently announced more key changes to the CDC recommendations for COVID-19 ...

A federal committee that helped set national rules for infection control in hospitals has been shut down, raising concerns from health experts. The Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory ...