Public Health

SHEA collaborates with the coordinated U.S. public health system to provide expertise, insights, and support to advance evidence-based, practical infection prevention policies, resources, and guidance. This collaboration also strengthens surveillance, outbreak investigation and response, data collection, and education efforts to safeguard patient and community health.

Policy and advocacy
National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)

Education, guidance, and resources

• What is HICPAC? Frequently Asked Questions: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) advises the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on best practices for the surveillance and prevention of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and the spread of multidrug-resistant infections wherever healthcare is delivered.