Termination of a Federal Infection Prevention Advisory Committee: Eroding Health Care Safety.

Summary: The government recently ended a special group of experts that helps keep hospitals safe from infections. This group, called the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC), gave important advice to the CDC. Without them, doctors and experts worry that the rules for keeping patients safe from germs might get weaker. This could mean more people getting sick while they are trying to heal in the hospital.