A CDC advisory committee convened last week to revisit the agency’s draft infection control guidelines for healthcare facilities, voting in favor of recommendations that remain largely unchanged ...
From hand hygiene to aseptic technique, infection control is at the heart of safe healthcare. Updated CDC guidelines, new research on disinfectants, and innovative teaching methods are shaping how ...
Earlier this month, the CDC's Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) voted unanimously to approve its draft infection control guidelines and send it to the CDC for review.
MedPage Today: What's at Stake if CDC's Infection Control Practices Committee Is Cut
Funding cuts and restructuring at the CDC reportedly have disrupted certain efforts related to infection prevention, control and disease monitoring. One such effort is Together TakeMeHome at Emory ...
Months after the CDC eliminated its infection control committee, two epidemiology organizations have created the Healthcare Infection Prevention Advisory Group. The two organizations, the Association ...
Around the time when West Texas declared its measles outbreak over, the CDC published a measles assessment tool for infection control in healthcare settings. The assessment, rolled out Aug. 18, is ...
EurekAlert!: New U.S. Public Health Service guidelines on occupational HIV exposure and postexposure prophylaxis published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
Arlington, VA –The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), on behalf of the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS), has released the 2025 Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposure to ...
New U.S. Public Health Service guidelines on occupational HIV exposure and postexposure prophylaxis published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
Learn about CDC's guidelines and resources on infection prevention practices in dental settings.
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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee issued guidance on the prevention and control of ...
Whether you are placing a central line, managing a Clostridioides difficile case, or keeping a surgical field sterile, you're likely following standards influenced by the Healthcare Infection Control ...
The Trump administration has terminated a federal advisory committee that issued guidance about preventing the spread of infections in health care facilities. The Healthcare Infection Control ...
Yahoo: The CDC has dropped its 5-day COVID isolation guidelines. Here's why — and what's changed.
The CDC has dropped its 5-day COVID isolation guidelines. Here's why — and what's changed.
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 suggesting ...
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 ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collaborates to create the expertise, information, and tools that people and communities need to protect their health through health promotion, prevention of disease, injury and disability, and preparedness for new health threats.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, headquartered in Atlanta, whose mission is centred on preventing and controlling disease and promoting environmental health and health education in the United States.
Universal prevention baseline: CDC’s 2026 recommendations set consistent infection prevention measures for all healthcare settings, supported by training, auditing, and leadership engagement. Expanded ...
The Hill: New CDC vaccine guidelines: These shots are no longer recommended for all children
New CDC vaccine guidelines: These shots are no longer recommended for all children
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The updated guidance highlights best practices for infection prevention and control staffing and preparedness in ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States. It is a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. [2][3] The agency's main goal is the protection of public health and safety through the control and prevention of disease, injury, and disability in ...
Today the CDC subsumes health statistics, infectious diseases, and environmental health; a National Immunization Program; and an Office on Smoking and Health. It consolidates disease-control data, health promotion, disease prevention and preparedness, and public health programs, and it provides grants for studies and programs, health information to health care professionals and the public, and ...
Ars Technica: CDC slashed food safety surveillance, now tracks only 2 of 8 top infections
In July, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dramatically, but quietly, scaled back a food safety surveillance system, cutting active tracking from eight top foodborne infections down to ...
CDC slashed food safety surveillance, now tracks only 2 of 8 top infections
The CDC has issued a food safety alert regarding a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to Metabolic Meals home delivery service. As of Aug. 5, there were 16 confirmed patients across ...
USA TODAY: CDC says US faces 'extremely low risk' of hantavirus infection. Updates.