Trump Administration Terminates Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee

NBC News (5/6, Bendix) reports, “The Trump administration has terminated” the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC), “a federal advisory committee that issued guidance about preventing the spread of infections in health care facilities.” HICPAC “crafted national standards for hand-washing, mask-wearing and isolating sick patients that most U.S. hospitals follow.”