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Selected
evidence-based infectious disease guidelines for use in healthcare
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Prevention of Hepatitis A Through Active or Passive Immunization: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
MMWR Recommendations and Reports. May 19, 2006;55(RR-07);1-23.
PDF (1,206 KB)
Compendium
of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control, 2006: National Association
of State Public Health Veterinarians, Inc. (NASPHV)
MMWR Recommendations and Reports. April 14, 2006;
55(RR-05):1-8
PDF
(142
KB)
Diagnosis and Management of Tickborne Rickettsial Diseases: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Ehrlichioses,
and Anaplasmosis: A Practical Guide for Physicians and Other Health-Care and Public Health Professionals United States
MMWR Recommendations and Reports. March 31, 2006;55(RR-4);1-27.
PDF (1,097 KB)
Influenza Vaccination of Health-Care Personnel: Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
MMWR Recommendations and Reports. February 24, 2006;55(RR-2);1-16.
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Recommendations
for Prevention of and Therapy for Exposure to B Virus (Cercopithecine
Herpesvirus 1)
Clin Infect Dis. November 15, 2002; 35:1191-1203.
PDF
(135 K)
Yellow
Fever Vaccine Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices (ACIP), 2002
MMWR Recommendations and Reports. November 8, 2002;
51(RR-17):1-10
See also: Appendix
Waiver Letters from Physicians
PDF
(2.41 MB)
Guideline
for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings
Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control
Practices Advisory Committee and the HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand
Hygiene Task Force
MMWR Recommendations and Reports. October
25, 2002;51(RR-16):1-44
PDF
(495 KB)
Screening
Tests To Detect Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Infections --- 2002
MMWR
Recommendations and Reports. October 18, 2002;51(RR-15):1-27.
See also appendices A-F in MMWR
Recommendations and Reports, Vol. 51, 55-15.
PDF
(3.45 MB)
Prevention
of Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease: Revised Guidelines from
CDC
MMWR Recommendations and Reports. August 16, 2002;51(RR-11):1-22.
PDF
(2.2 MB)
Guidelines
for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections
MMWR
Recommendations and Reports.
August 9, 2002;51(RR-10):1-26.
PDF
(364 KB)
Hantavirus
Pulmonary Syndrome --- United States: Updated Recommendations for
Risk Reduction
MMWR Recommendations and Reports. July 26, 2002;51(RR-09):1-12.
PDF
(7,216 KB)
Guidelines
for Veterinarians: Prevention of Zoonotic Transmission of
Ascarids and Hookworms of Dogs and Cats
Division of Parasitic Diseases. July 12,
2002.
PDF
(426 KB)
Guidelines
for Preventing Opportunistic Infections Among HIV-Infected Persons
--- 2002
MMWR Recommendations and Reports. June 14, 2002;51(RR-08):1-46.
PDF
(777 KB)
Prevention
and Control of Influenza Recommendations of the Advisory Committee
on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
MMWR Recommendations and Reports. April 12, 2002;51(RR-03):1-31.
PDF
(369 KB)
Compendium
of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control, 2002.
National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians,
Inc. (NASPHV) |
Notice
to Readers: Interim Recommendations for Protecting Workers from
Exposure to Bacillus anthracis in Work Sites in which Mail
is Handled or Processed
MMWR. November 02, 2001;50(43):961.
PDF
(219 KB)
Notice
to Readers: Updated Recommendations for Antimicrobial Prophylaxis
Among Asymptomatic Pregnant Women After Exposure to Bacillus
anthracis
MMWR. November 02, 2001;50(43):960.
PDF (219 KB)
Update:
Investigation of Bioterrorism-Related Anthrax and Interim Guidelines
for Clinical Evaluation of Persons with Possible Anthrax
MMWR. November 02, 2001;50(43):941-8.
PDF
(219 KB)
Update:
Investigation of Bioterrorism-Related Anthrax and Interim Guidelines
for Exposure Management and Antimicrobial Therapy, October 2001
MMWR. October 26, 2001;50(42):909-919.
PDF
(213 KB)
U.S.
Public Health Service Guideline on Infectious Disease Issues in
Xenotransplantation
MMWR Recommendations and Reports. August 24, 2001.
50(RR-15):1-46.

PDF
(257 KB)
Vaccinia
(Smallpox) Vaccine. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on
Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2001
MMWR Recommendations and Reports. June 22, 2001;50(RR-10);1-25.
PDF
(931 KB)
Compendium
of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control, 2001 National Association
of State Public Health Veterinarians, Inc.
MMWR Recommendations and Reports. May 25, 2001;50(RR-08):1-9.
PDF
(121 KB)
Recommendations
for Preventing Transmission of Infections Among Chronic Hemodialysis
Patients
MMWR Recommendations and Reports. April 27, 2001;50(RR-05):1-43.
PDF (387 KB)
Notice
to Readers: Responding to Fecal Accidents in Disinfected Swimming
Venues
MMWR. May 25, 2001;50(20):416-417.
PDF
(188 KB)
Prevention
and Control of Influenza
Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices (ACIP)
MMWR Recommendations and Reports. April 20, 2001;50(RR-4);1-46.
PDF (339 KB)
Principles
of Appropriate Antibiotic Use for Acute Pharyngitis in Adults: Background
Ann Intern Med. March 2001;134(6):509-517.
Abstract
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Principles
of Appropriate Antibiotic Use for Acute Rhinosinusitis in Adults:
Background
Ann Intern Med. March 2001;134(6):498-505.
Abstract
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text
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Principles
of Appropriate Antibiotic Use for Treatment of Acute Respiratory
Tract Infections in Adults: Background, Specific Aims, and Methods
Ann Intern Med. March 2001;134(6):479-486.
Abstract
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text
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Principles
of Appropriate Antibiotic Use for Treatment of Nonspecific Upper
Respiratory Tract Infections in Adults: Background
Ann Intern Med. March 2001;134(6):490-494.
Abstract
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text
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Principles
of Appropriate Antibiotic Use for Treatment of Uncomplicated Acute
Bronchitis: Background
Ann Intern Med. March 2001;134(6): 521-529.
Abstract
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text
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Diagnosis
and Management of Foodborne Illnesses: A Primer for Physicians
MMWR Recommendations and Reports. January 26, 2001;50(RR-02):1-69.
PDF
(369 KB)
Practice
Guidelines for the Management of Infectious Diarrhea
Clin Infect Dis. January 2001;32:331-351.
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text
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Notice
to Readers: Availability and Use of Parenteral Quinidine Gluconate
for Severe or Complicated Malaria
MMWR. December 22, 2000;49:1138-1140.
PDF
(200 KB)
Use
of Anthrax Vaccine in the United States. Recommendations of the
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
MMWR Recommendations and Reports. December 15, 2000;
49(RR-15);1-20.
PDF
(227 KB)
Guidelines
for Preventing Opportunistic Infections Among Hematopoietic Stem
Cell Transplant Recipients
Recommendations of CDC, the Infectious Disease Society
of America, and the American Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
MMWR Recommendations and Reports. October 20, 2000;49(RR-10):1-128.
PDF
(698 KB)
Practice
Guidelines for the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in
Adults
Clin Infect Dis. August 2000;31:347-382.
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text
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(287 KB)
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Meningococcal
Disease and College Students. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee
on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
MMWR Recommendations and Reports. June 30, 2000;49(RR-07);11-20.
PDF
(180 KB)
Management
of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the Era of Pneumococcal Resistance:
A Report from the Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Therapeutic
Working Group.
Arch Intern Med. 2000 (May 22);160(10):1399-1408.
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text
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Preventing
Congenital Toxoplasmosis
MMWR Recommendations and Reports. March 31, 2000;49(RR-2):57-75.
PDF (467 KB)
Guidelines
for Confirmation of Foodborne-Disease Outbreaks
In Surveillance for Foodborne-Disease Outbreaks
--- United States, 1993--1997, CDC Surveillance Summaries (MMWR),
Appendix B. March 17, 2000;49(SS-01):54-62.
PDF
(573 KB) |
Epidemic/Epizootic
West Nile Virus in the United States: Guidelines for Surveillance,
Prevention, and Control
Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases. November
8-9, 1999.
PDF
(340 KB)
Prevention
of Hepatitis A Through Active or Passive Immunization: Recommendations
of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
MMWR Recommendations and Reports. October 01, 1999;48(RR-12);1-37.
PDF
(733 KB)
1999
USPHS/IDSA Guidelines for the Prevention of Opportunistic Infections
in Persons Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus
MMWR Recommendations and Reports. August 20, 1999;48(RR-10):1-59.
PDF
(685 KB)
Preliminary
Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Influenza-Like Illness
Among Passengers and Crew Members on Cruise Ships
Division
of Global Migration and Quarantine (formerly Division of Quarantine).
August 1999.
PDF
(982 KB)
Prevention
of Varicella Updated Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on
Immunization Practices (ACIP)
MMWR Recommendations and Reports. May 28, 1999;
48(RR-06);1-5
PDF (157 KB)
Malaria
SurveillanceUnited States, 1995
MMWR Surveillance Summaries. February 26, 1999;48(SS-1):1-21.
PDF
(357 KB)
Acute
Otitis Media - Management and Surveillance in an Era of Pneumococcal
Resistance: A Report from the Drug-Resistant Streptococcus Pneumoniae
Therapeutic Working Group (DRSPTWG).
Pediatr
Infect Dis J. 1999 Jan;18(1):1-9. Limited access; journal subscribers
only. PIDJ homepage
Human
Rabies Prevention - United States, 1999 Recommendations of the Advisory
Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
MMWR Recommendations and Reports. January 8, 1999;48(RR-1);1-21.
PDF (360 KB) |
Measles,
Mumps, and Rubella -- Vaccine Use and Strategies for Elimination
of Measles, Rubella, and Congenital Rubella Syndrome and Control
of Mumps: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices (ACIP)
MMWR Recommendations and Reports. May 22, 1998;
47(RR-08);1-57
PDF
(565 KB)
Recommendations
for Prevention and Control of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection
and HCV-Related Chronic Disease
MMWR Recommendations and Reports. October 16, 1998;47(RR-19):1-39.
PDF
(490 KB)
Technical
Instructions for Medical Examination of Aliens
Division of Global Migration and Quarantine. March
1998.
Acute
Sinusitis - Principles of Judicious Use of Antimicrobial Agents.
In
Pediatrics supplement, Principles of Judicious Use of Antimicrobial
Agents for Pediatric Upper Respiratory Tract Infections. Pediatrics
1998;(January);101(1, suppl.):174-7.
Abstract
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text
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Common
Cold - Principles of Judicious Use of Antimicrobial Agents, The.
In Pediatrics supplement, Principles of Judicious
Use of Antimicrobial Agents for Pediatric Upper Respiratory Tract
Infections. Pediatrics 1998;(January) ;101(1, suppl.):181-4.
Abstract
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text
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Cough
Illness/Bronchitis - Principles of Judicious Use of Antimicrobial
Agents.
In Pediatrics supplement, Principles of Judicious
Use of Antimicrobial Agents for Pediatric Upper Respiratory Tract
Infections. Pediatrics 1998;(January) ;101(1, suppl.):178-81.
Abstract
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text
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Otitis
Media - Principles of Judicious Use of Antimicrobial Agents.
In Pediatrics supplement, Principles of Judicious
Use of Antimicrobial Agents for Pediatric Upper Respiratory Tract
Infections. Pediatrics 1998 (January) ;101(1, suppl.):165-71.
Abstract
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text
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Pharyngitis
- Principles of Judicious Use of Antimicrobial Agents.
In
Pediatrics supplement, Principles of Judicious Use of Antimicrobial
Agents for Pediatric Upper Respiratory Tract Infections. Pediatrics
1998 (January) ;101(1, suppl.):171-4.
Abstract
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text
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Principles
of Judicious Use of Antimicrobial Agents for Pediatric Upper Respiratory
Tract Infections
In Pediatrics supplement, Principles of Judicious
Use of Antimicrobial Agents for Pediatric Upper Respiratory Tract
Infections. Pediatrics 1998 (January) ;101(1, suppl.):163-165.
Abstract
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text
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Botulism
in the United States, 1899-1996: Handbook for Epidemiologists, Clinicians,
and Laboratory Workers
From the Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases.
1998.
PDF
(506 KB) |
Hepatitis
B Virus: A Comprehensive Strategy for Eliminating Transmission in
the United States Through Universal Childhood Vaccination: Recommendations
of the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP)
MMWR Recommendations and Reports. November 22, 1991;40(RR-13);1-19.
Diphtheria,
Tetanus, and Pertussis: Recommendations for Vaccine Use and Other
Preventive Measures Recommendations of the Immunization Practices
Advisory Committee (ACIP)
MMWR Recommendations and Reports. August 08, 1991;
40(RR-10);1-28
Public
Health Service Inter-Agency Guidelines for Screening Donors of Blood,
Plasma, Organs, Tissues, and Semen for Evidence of Hepatitis B and
C
MMWR Recommendations and Reports. April 19, 1991;40(RR-04):1-17.
Haemophilus
b Conjugate Vaccines for Prevention of Haemophilus influenzae Type
b Disease Among Infants and Children Two Months of Age and Older
Recommendations of the ACIP
MMWR Recommendations and Reports. January 11, 1991;40(RR-01);1-7. |
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