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Infection Control and Treatment of Healthcare-associated Infections Resources
CDC infection control guidelines
Prevention and control of seasonal influenza with vaccines. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice (ACIP), 2009 MMWR 2009;58(RR-8):1-56
Guideline for disinfection and sterilization in healthcare facilities, 2008 click here
CDC/NHSN surveillance definition of health care-associated infection and criteria for specific types of infections in the acute care setting Am J Infect Control 2008;36:309-322
Recommendations for postexposure interventions to prevent infect with hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, or human immunodeficiency virus, and tetanus in persons wounded during bombings and similar mass-casualty events - United States, 2008 MMWR 2008;57(RR-6):1-21
Guideline for isolation precautions: preventing transmission of infectious agents in healthcare settings 2007 click here
Management of multidrug-resistant organisms in healthcare settings, 2006 click here
Guidelines for preventing the transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in health-care settings, 2005 MMWR 2005;54(RR-17):1-141
Updated USPHS guidelines for the management of occupational exposures to HIV and recommendations for post-exposure prophylaxis - 2005 MMWR 2005;54(RR-9);1-17
Guideline for environmental infection control in health-care facilities, 2003 click here
Guidelines for infection control in dental health-care settings - 2003 MMWR 2003;52(RR-17):1-61
Guideline for hand hygiene in health-care settings: recommendations of the HICPAC and the HICPAC/ SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force MMWR 2002;51(RR-16):1-45 or Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2002;23(Suppl):S3-S40
Guidelines for the management of occupational exposures to hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV and recommendations for postexposure prophylaxis MMWR. 2001;50(RR-11):1-52
Guidelines for infection control in health care personnel, 1998 click here
SHEA infection control guidelines
SHEA/IDSA Compendium of Strategies to Prevent HAIs in Acute Care Settings Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2008:29(Suppl 1):S1-S92
Multi-society guideline for the reprocessing flexible gastrointestinal endoscopes Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2003;24:532-537
Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2002;23:759-769 or Clin Infect Dis 2002;35:1281-1307
IDSA Guidelines
IDSA and SHEA guidelines for developing an institutional program to enhance antimicrobial stewardship Clin Infect Dis 2007;44:159-177
Guidelines for evaluation of new fever in critically ill adult patients: 2008 update from the ACCCM and the IDSA Crit Care Med 2008;36:1330-1349
Guidelines for the management of intravascular catheter-related infections Clin Infect Dis 2001;32:1249-1272
ATS Guidelines
ATS/CDC/IDSA: Guidelines for the management of adults with hospital-acquired, ventilator-associated, and healthcare-associated pneumonia Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2005;171:388-416
ATS/CDC/IDSA: Controlling tuberculosis in the United States Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2005;172:1169-227
Joint Theater Trauma System (JTTS)
links for several guidelines available on secure internet site (www.us.army.mil, under Joint Theater Trauma Registry (JTTR)
Guidelines for the prevention of infections following combat-related injuries J Trauma 2008;64:S211-S220
Surviving sepsis campaign: International guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2008 Crit Care Med 2008;36:296-327
Clinical practice parameters for hemodynamic support of pediatric and neonatal patients in septic shock Crit Care Med 2002;30:1365-1378
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