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Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee

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Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC),
a committee established in 1991 by the U.S. government with members appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. It provides advice and guidance related to isolation practices and serves as an advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for updating guidelines and policy statements related to control of nosocomial infection.


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The Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee guideline for isolation precautions in hospitals recommends targeting increased infection control efforts toward "resistant bacteria judged by the infection control program to be of special clinical and epidemiologic significance" (30).
CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), 1997, Immunization of health-care workers: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (
 
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