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The short-term and long-term effectiveness of a multidisciplinary hand hygiene improvement program - Corrected Proof

Background: Although hand hygiene (HH) compliance has been an important issue for years, the compliance rate is still a problem in health care today.Methods: This was an observational, prospective, be...

Assessing colectomies due to Clostridium difficile infection: Increases in the community, but not in the referral center - Corrected Proof

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CDC Web Links

This section contains links to important infection control and epidemiology areas on the web site for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Guidelines & Recommendations:  Guidelines for Prevention
of Healthcare-Associated Infections

Guidelines home page: http://www.cdc.gov/hai/
Guideline for Infection Control in Health Care Personnel, 1998 http://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/pdf/InfectControl98.pdf
Guideline for Management of Occupational Exposures to HBV, HCV, and HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/Preview/mmwrhtml/rr5011a1.htm
Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections http://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/cauti/002_cauti_toc.html
Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5210a1.htm
Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5116.pdf
Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Associated Infections 2011 http://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/pdf/guidelines/bsi-guidelines-2011.pdf
2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings http://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/2007IP/2007isolationPrecautions.html
Management of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms 2006 http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/pdf/ar/MDROGuideline2006.pdf
Multidrug-Resistance: Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Non-Hospital Healthcare Settings http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/ar_multidrugFAQ.html
Guidelines for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5303a1.htm
Guideline for Preventing Surgical Site Infections http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/pdf/guidelines/SSI.pdf
Guideline for Sterilization and Disinfection in Healthcare Facilities, 2008 http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/pdf/guidelines/Disinfection_Nov_2008.pdf

OTHER GUIDANCE AND INFORMATIONAL LINKS

Antimicrobial Resistance: General Information http://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/index.html
Bloodborne Pathogens: Infectious Diseases http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/bbp/

Healthcare-Associated Infections Resources and diseases listed a-z

http://www.cdc.gov/hai/
Occupational Health: Workplace Safety and Health Topics http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/
Surveillance (Data Collection and Management): Systems, Studies and Publications http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/surveillance.html
Guidance on Public Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infections http://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/pubReportGuide/publicReportingHAI.html
Guidance for Control of Infections with Carbapenem-Resistant or Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Acute Care Facilities http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5810a4.htm

 

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