The CDC has disbanded an advisory committee that provided guidance on infection control practices in health care facilities. Source: Tada Images - stock.adobe.com The executive order instructed ad ...

Experts who advise the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on its hospital infection control guidelines have voted to recommend that health care providers wear masks during routine care ...

Last June, an obscure federal advisory committee—the Healthcare Infection Control Advisory Committee to the Centers for Disease Control—first shocked many in the public health community by ...

As coronavirus continues to spread across the U.S., experts say the outbreak is revealing the healthcare industry ... be prepared to execute proper infection control and safety, according to ...

The Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) crafted national standards for hand-washing, mask-wearing and isolating sick patients that most U.S. hospitals follow.