In the wake of HICPAC: How APIC is leading the fight to preserve national infection prevention standards

In the wake of HICPAC: How APIC is leading the fight to preserve national infection prevention standards 
Infection Control Today, Branbury, NJ; by Tori Whitacre Martonicz; 5/13/25 
The Trump administration has disbanded a federal advisory committee that guided efforts to prevent the spread of infections in health care facilities. The Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) established national standards for hand hygiene, mask-wearing, and isolating patients with infectious diseases that most US hospitals adhere to.Infection Control Today® (ICT®) spoke with Connie Steed, MSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC, an infection prevention consultant and former president of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), about HICPAC's disbanding and its implications for national standards in infection control.