CDC - Outpatient Care Guide: Source Document

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Source Documents

All evidence-based recommendations for prevention of healthcare-associated infections can be found at the CDC/HICPAC website.
Guidelines available at this webpage include:

General

• 2008 Guideline for Disinfection, and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities
• Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Healthcare Facilities [PDF - 1.4 MB]
• Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings [PDF - 496 KB]
• 2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings [PDF - 3.80 MB]
• Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999 [PDF - 270 KB]

Drug-resistant Organisms

• Management of Multi-drug Resistant Organisms in Healthcare Settings, 2006 [PDF - 233 KB]

Healthcare Personnel

• Influenza Vaccination of Health-Care Personnel, 2006 [PDF - 628 KB]
• Guideline for Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel 1998 [PDF - 1.4 MB]

Specialized Settings

• Recommendations for Preventing Transmission of Infections Among Chronic Hemodialysis Patients
• Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings ? 2003

Key Links for Additional Information

• CDC Website on Healthcare-associated infections
• CDC Website on Hand Hygiene in Healthcare facilities
• CDC Website on Injection Safety
• CDC Website on Influenza
• CDC additional resources

References

1. Barie PS. Infection Control Practices in Ambulatory Surgical Centers. JAMA. 2010;303:2295-2297
2. National Center for Health Statistics. Heath, United States, 2009: With Special Features on Medical Technology. Hyattsville, MD. 2010.
3. Hsiao CJ, Cherry DK, Beatty PC, Rechsteiner EA. National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2007 summary. National health statistics reports; no 27. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2010.
4. Halpern MT, Yabroff KR. Prevalence of Outpatient Cancer Treatment in the United States: Estimates from the Medical Panel Expenditures Survey (MEPS). Cancer Investigation. 2008;26:647-651.
5. Maki DG, Crnich CJ. History Forgotten is History Relived: Nosocomial Infection Control is also Essential in the Outpatient Setting. Arch Int Med. 2005;165:2565-2567.
6. Jarvis WR. Infection control and changing health-care delivery systems. Emerg Infect Dis 2001;7:17-173.
7. Williams IT, Perz JF, Bell BP. Viral hepatitis transmission in ambulatory health care settings. Clin Infect Dis 2004;38:1592-1598.
8. Goodman RA, Solomon SL. Transmission of Infectious Diseases in Outpatient Health Care Settings. JAMA. 1991;265:2377-2381.
9. Thompson ND, Perz JF, Moorman AC, Holmberg SD. Nonhospital Health Care-Associated Hepatitis B and C Virus Transmission: United States, 1998-2008. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2009;150:33-39.
10. CDC. Bacterial Meningitis After Intrapartum Spinal Anesthesia ? New York and Ohio, 2008-2009. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2010; 59(3):65-69.

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