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Web Sites:

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Certification Board of Infection Control
• Infectious Diseases Society of America
• Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP)
• National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
• Society for Hospital Epidemiology of America
• Johns Hopkins University Infection Control Program
• Infection Control Today
• Inco and Associates
• Infection Control Resource
• Epocrates
• Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology 
• Food and Drug Administration

Biostatistics and Epidemiology Software:

• SOUNDEX Calculators -- Confidentiality of data / identification of duplicate records
• SampleLQ -- Sample size calculator for LQAS surveys
• EpiGram -- Simple diagramming software
• Statistical Utilities -- Miscellaneous statistical and epidemiological utilities (by Ray Simons and others)
• EpiInfo Add-ins -- Logistic regression and survival analysis for EpiInfo .REC files
• A brief introduction to using the R environment for analysing epidemiological data in Rich Text (.RTF) and Acrobat v4.xx (.PDF) formats and including sample data is available as a ZIP file here.

Information for Prospective Nurses:

• Nursing Schools

   

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  TELEPHONE NUMBERS:

  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - AHQR (formerly AHCPR):  800-358-9295

  Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology: 202-789-1890

  Certification Board of Infection Control: 202-454-2550

  EPA Antimicrobial Network: 703-308-0127

  Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations: 630-792-5000