The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now urging summer camp operators to check for documentation of ...

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 ...

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

The guidelines, which had not been updated ... there is no longer any public access to the process for drafting CDC guidance on infection control for health care settings. This further undermines ...

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 ...

“By removing the recommendation, the decision could strip families of choice,” said O’Leary. “What is clear is that pregnant ...

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.