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Prevention Guidelines

Topic: Hospital Infections

(Please note that the documents listed below are sorted by date.)

Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Health-Care Worker Exposures to HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis; 1998:05:15

Missed Opportunities for Pneumococcal and Influenza Vaccination of Medicare Pneumonia Inpatients -- 12 Western States, 1995; 1997:10:03

Staphylococcus aureus with Reduced Susceptibility to Vancomycin -- United States, 1997; 1997:08:22

Interim Guidelines for Prevention and Control of Staphylococcal Infection Associated with Reduced Susceptibility to Vancomycin; 1997:07:11

Sustained Transmission of Nosocomial Legionnaires Disease -- Arizona and Ohio; 1997:05:16

Evaluation of Blunt Suture Needles in Preventing Percutaneous Injuries Among Health-Care Workers During Gynecologic Surgical Procedures -- New York City, March 1993-June 1994; 1997:01:17

Evaluation of Safety Devices for Preventing Percutaneous Injuries Among Health-Care Workers During Phlebotomy Procedures -- Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York City, and San Francisco, 1993-1995; 1997:01:17

Guidelines for Prevention of Nosocomial Pneumonia; 1997:01:03

Outbreaks of Hepatitis B Virus Infection Among Hemodialysis Patients -- California, Nebraska, and Texas, 1994; 1996:04:12

Guidelines for Isolation Precautions in Hospitals Hospital Infection Control Advisory Committee; 1996:01:01

Case-Control Study of HIV Seroconversion in Health-Care Workers After Percutaneous Exposure to HIV-Infected Blood -- France, United Kingdom, and United States, January 1988-August 1994; 1995:12:22

Recommendations for Preventing the Spread of Vancomycin Resistance Recommendations of the Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC); 1995:09:22

Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Facilities, 1994; 1994:10:28

Testing for Antibodies to Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2 in the United States; 1992:07:17

Hospital Infections Program NOTE: Guidelines for Prevention of Intravascular Device-Related Infections is currently being updated Draft version was pubished for comment in the Federal Register on 9/27; 1991:08:01

Current Trends Risks Associated with Human Parvovirus B19 Infection; 1989:02:17

Recommendations for Prevention of HIV Transmission in Health-Care Settings; 1987:08:21

Guideline for Handwashing and Hospital Environmental Control, 1985; 1985:01:01

Guideline for Infection Control in Hospital Personnel; 1983:07:01

Guideline For Prevention of Surgical Wound Infections, 1985; 1982:01:01

Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections; 1981:02:01




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