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

• Standard Precautions
• Contact Precautions
• Droplet Precautions
• Airborne Precautions

2004

• New information about Acinetobacter infections September 2004
• New fact sheets about C.difficile infections August 2004
• Mycobacterium Abscessu Frequently Asked Questions May 2004
• 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
  PDF (189KB/18 Pages)

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

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