Members of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) voted Friday to defend what some have called weak standards of infection control for healthcare settings, agreeing ...

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 ...

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 ...

Last fall, the CDC advisory committee sent their formal recommendations for revising infection control in healthcare ... droplet precautions in the 2007 guidelines, which are under revision ...

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.

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.

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 ...

Updated CDC guidelines on PEP after nonoccupational HIV exposure address newer ART agents and clinical considerations for patients with a history of long-acting ART.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ... those in an intensive care unit (ICU)." The goal is to prevent delays in identifying bird flu infections and promote better patient ...