Healthcare facilities should have a reliable, high-quality system for endoscope reprocessing which minimizes infection risks. Additional information about HICPAC is available on the HICPAC Website. HICPAC voted to finalize the recommendations at the July 2016 meeting. The Workgroup provided updates and obtained HICPAC input at the November 2015, March 2016, and July 2016 HICPAC Meetings. To develop recommendations for HICPAC to consider, a HICPAC workgroup was formed that contained the following key stakeholder organizations: Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC), Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN), Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS), Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), DNV Healthcare, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), International Association of Healthcare Central Service Material Management (IAHCSMM), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates (SGNA), Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), and The Joint Commission (TJC). At the July 2015 HICPAC Meeting, CDC asked HICPAC for guidance on ways to improve facility-level training and ensuring competency for reprocessing endoscopes. The Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) is a federal advisory committee chartered to provide advice and guidance to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding the practice of infection control and strategies for surveillance, prevention, and control of healthcare-associated infections, antimicrobial resistance and related events in United States healthcare settings.
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