Infection Control Nurses of Connecticut

Useful Infection Prevention Links

Mc Geer's Criteria on Determining Infection - Standard definitions of infections for use in long-term care facilities which is helpful, both as guidelines for surveillance and as outcome measures for studies of infections and infection control in these facilities.

Criteria for Determining Infection Using McGeer's Definition

Definitions of Infection for Surveillance in Long-term Care Facilities

Infection Control Risk Assessment by Terrie B. Lee, RN, MS, MPH, CIC - Presented at the APIC 2011 Annual Educational Conference and International Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, June 27-28, 2011

IDSA RELEASES 1^ST-EVER MRSA TREATMENT GUIDELINES: http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2011/01/04/cid.ciq146.full.pdf+html

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/revb/gastro/downloads/norovirus-foodhandlers.pdf

A Pandemic Tool Kit for Nursing Facilities : from the New Jersey Hospital Association that includes forms, checklists and other great resources!

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/revb/gastro/downloads/norovirus-foodhandlers.pdf

Teaching Children about the Flu: if your facility has a daycare, this is a great resource to pass on to the teachers. It is filled with lessons plans and activity sheets.

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/pdf/business/TeachingChildernFlu.pdf