What's New Archives
2007
- National Emission Standards for Hospital Ethylene Oxide Sterilizers, final rule. Federal Register Dec. 28, 2007
- Public Health Notification: Avoiding Hazards with Using Cleaners and Disinfectants on Electronic Medical Equipment 2007
- Invasive MSRA Infections in the United States JAMA 2007;298(15):1763-1771. (PDF 206KB/9 pages)
- 2006 NHSN Report Published: AJIC July 2007 PDF (285KB / 12 pages)
- Foot Spa & Hot Tub Associated Infections
- Open Enrollment for CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network
PDF 37KB / 1 page June 2007 - Estimates of Healthcare-Associated Infections May 2007
- Advertisements Concerning Hand Washing Signage May 2007
- Essentials of Public Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infections: A Tool Kit
PDF 255KB / 4 pages Published: January 2007
- Public Health Notification: Avoiding Hazards with Using Cleaners and Disinfectants on Electronic Medical Equipment. Issued : October 31, 2007
- Isolation Guidelines June 2007
2006
- Management of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Healthcare Settings,
2006 PDF 235KB / 73 pages - Prevention & Control of Mumps in Healthcare Settings
Oct. 2006 - Information about the Prevention Epicenter Program
May 2006 - Fusarium Keratitis - General Information
April 2006 - Influenza Vaccination of Health-Care Personnel
February 2006 - Information About Tissue Transplants - FAQs
February 2006
2005
- Information for the public about VRE -
FAQs
December 2005 - Clostridium sordellii Fact
Sheet
November 2005 - Updated
PHS Guidelines for Occupational Exposures to HIV and PEP Recommendations
September 2005 - FAQs About A New Strain Of Clostridium
Difficile
July 2005 - Interim Guidance for Managing Patients
with Suspected Viral Hemorrhagic Fever in U.S. Hospitals
May 2005 - For Long-term Care: Preventing drug-resistant infections
- Norovirus
in Healthcare Facilities
- Fact Sheet
April 2005 - Marburg Fever Outbreak-Angola, 2005
April 2005 - CMS Interim
Final Rule - Placement of Alcohol-Based Hand-Rub Dispensers
March 2005 - Guidance
on Public Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infections
February 2005 - Blood Safety: Bacterial Contamination
of Platelets
February 2005 - 2002 Report-National Surveillance of Dialysis-Associated Diseases in the U.S PDF (273KB/10 pages)
- CA-MRSA Spotlight
Feb 2005 - Blood Safety: Bacterial Contamination of Platelets
Feb 2005 - CA-MRSA Spotlight
Feb 2005 - 2002 Report-National Surveillance of Dialysis-Associated Diseases in the U.S PDF (273KB/10 pages)
- 2004 NNIS Report PDF (230KB/16 pages)
Isolation Guideline Excerpts
2004
- New information about Acinetobacter infections September 2004
- New fact sheets about C.difficile infections
- Mycobacterium Abscessu
- Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE) in Healthcare Settings
(Slides, Posters,...)May 2004 - Background section of Pneumonia Guidelines May 2004
- Pneumonia Guidelines March 25, 2004
- 2003 NNIS Report
2003
- Updated for 2002 - Report on Healthcare Personnel with HIV/AIDS
- Part 1-Background
Information of the Environmental Infection Control Guideline
2003 - Alcohol-based
hand-rubs and Fire Safety
CDC Update, September 2003 - Community-MRSA
FAQs August 2003
Frequently asked questions about MRSA in the community - MRSA Fact Sheet
Updated information about MRSA in the community and in healthcare - QuantiFERON®-TB
Test for diagnosing Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection
HTML Web Format
PDF Format 94KB
2002
- New tool to assist laboratorians on how to detect antimicrobial-resistant bacteria
- Hand Hygiene in Healthcare
Settings
2002 Guideline, materials, press information... - Guidelines for the Prevention
of IV Catheter-Related Infections, 2002
Note: Erratum added 8-16-02 - Staphylococcus
aureus Resistant to Vancomycin
MMWR 2002 - Impact of Nurse Staffing on Patient Safety
Date last modified: Sept 18, 2008
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National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases
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