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2008 Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities by Rutala, W., et.al.
Summary
The Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities, 2008, presents evidence-based recommendations on the preferred methods for cleaning, disinfection and sterilization of patient-care medical devices and for cleaning and disinfecting the healthcare environment. This document supercedes the relevant sections contained in the 1985 Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Guideline for Handwashing and Environmental Control. | |
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2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings by Siegel, J., et.al.
Summary
This updated guideline responds to changes in healthcare delivery and addresses new concerns about transmission of infectious agents to patients and healthcare workers in the United States and infection control. The primary objective of the guideline is to improve the safety of the nation’s healthcare delivery system by reducing the rates of HAIs. | |
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2006 Management of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Healthcare Settings by Siegel, J., et.al.
Summary
This guideline provides discussion and recommendations to guide the implementation of strategies and practices to prevent the transmission of MRSA, VRE, and other MDROs. The administration of healthcare organizations and institutions should ensure that appropriate strategies are fully implemented, regularly evaluated for effectiveness, and adjusted such that there is a consistent decrease in the incidence of targeted MDROs. | | |
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Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings by HICPAC,SHEA,APIC, and IDSA
Summary
The Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings provides health-care workers (HCWs) with a review of data regarding handwashing and hand antisepsis in health-care settings. In addition, it provides specific recommendations to promote improved hand-hygiene practices and reduce transmission of pathogenic microorganisms to patients and personnel in health-care settings. | |
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2009 Guideline for the Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections by Gould, C., et.al.
Summary
This guideline updates and expands the original Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) published in 1981. Several developments necessitated revision of the 1981 guideline, including new research and technological advancements for preventing CAUTI, increasing need to address patients in non-acute care settings and patients requiring long-term urinary catheterization, and greater emphasis on prevention initiatives as well as better defined goals and metrics for outcomes and process measures.
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APIC Position Paper: Safe Injection, Infusion and Medication Vial Practices in Healthcare
by APIC
The role of the Infection Preventionist is to assess procedures for safety, develop programs, train, and implement safe injection,infusion and medication vial practices so they are the absolute standard of care throughout the variety of healthcare settings that exist today.
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Options for Evaluating Environmental Cleaning
by Guh,Alice and Carling,Philip
In view of the evidence that transmission of many healthcare acquired pathogens (HAPs) is related to contamination of near-patient surfaces and equipment, all hospitals are encouraged to develop programs to optimize the thoroughness of high touch surface cleaning as part of terminal room cleaning at the time of discharge or transfer of patients.
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by (SHEA) and (IDSA)
This guideline is designed to improve the diagnosis and management of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in adult patients.A case of CDI is defined by the presence of symptoms (usually diarrhea) and either a stool test positive for C. difficile toxins or toxigenic C. difficile, or colonoscopic or histopathologic findings revealing pseudomembranous colitis.
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Winter 2011 Norovirus Toolkit by Magnussen, K.
Based on the draft HICPAC guidelines, Kris Magnussen of Ledge Light Health District put this together for the LTC facilities in their health district. She is sharing this with ICNC and it can
be found on under resources on the ICNC website. Recommendations, educational materials for nursing, housekeeping, dietary and general staff; signs and a care plan can be found in the toolkit.
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by Dalton, Mary, et.al.
This guideline is designed to to rapidly identify, report, and contain an outbreak of an infectious disease in a manner consistent with the regulations and recommendations of the State of Connecticut, Department of Public Health. | |
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