Healthcare Infection Control Practices advisory Committee: Robert A. Weinstein, MD, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois (Chair); Jane D. Siegel, MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas (Co-chair); Michele L. Pearson, MD, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia (Executive Secretary); Raymond Y. W. Chinn, MD, Sharp Memorial Hospital, San Diego, California; Alfred DeMaria, Jr., MD, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts; Elaine L. Larson, PhD, Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, New York; James T. Lee, MD, PhD, University of Minnesota VA Medical Center, St. Paul, Minnesota; Ramon E. Moncada, MD, Coronado Physician's Medical Center, Coronado, California; William A. Rutala, PhD, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; William E. Scheckler, MD, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin; Beth H. Stover, Kosair Children's Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky; Marjorie A. Underwood, Mt. Diablo Medical Center, Concord, California
Liaison Members: Loretta L. Fauerbach, MS, Association for Professionals of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC), Washington, DC; Sandra L. Fitzler, American Health Care Association, Washington, DC; Dorothy M. Fogg, MA, Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses, Denver, Colorado; Chiquita Johnson-Bond, Council of Nephrology Nurses and Technicians, Rex, Georgia; Stephen F. Jencks, MD, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, Maryland; Chiu S. Lin, PhD, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville Maryland; Joseph G. Ouslander, MD, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; James P. Steinberg, MD, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia; Michael L. Tapper, MD, Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Tuberculosis, New York, New York
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Consultants: Matthew Arduino, DrPH; Joe Carpenter; Rodney Donlan, PhD; Lynne Sehulster, PhD, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID); David Ashford, DVM, DSc; Richard Besser, MD; Barry Fields, PhD; Michael M. McNeil, MBBS; Cynthia Whitney, MD; Stephanie Wong, DVM, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, NCID; Dennis Juranek, DVM, Division of Parasitic Disease, NCID; Jennifer Cleveland, DDS, Division of Oral Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
External Consultants: Trisha Barrett, MBA, Alta Bates Medical Center, Berkeley, California; Judene Bartley, MS, MPH, Epidemiology Consulting Services, Inc., Beverly Hills, Michigan; Michael Berry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Nancy Bjerke, MA, MEd, MPH, Infection Control Associates, San Antonio, Texas; Walter W. Bond, MS, RCSA, Inc., Lawrenceville, Georgia; Cheryl Carter, University of Iowa Health Center, Iowa City, Iowa; Douglas Erickson, American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) Park Ridge, Illinois; Martin S. Favero, PhD, Advanced Sterilization Products, Johnson and Johnson, Irvine, California; Richard Miller, MD, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky; Shannon E. Mills, DDS, HQ USAF/Surgeon General Detail, Bolin AFB, District of Columbia; Gina Pugliese, MS, Premier Safety Institute, Oak Brook, Illinois; Craig E. Rubens, MD, PhD, Children's Hospital & Medical Center, Seattle, Washington; James D. Scott, Michigan Department of Consumer and Industry Services, Lansing, Michigan; Andrew J. Streifel, MPH, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Dale Woodin, ASHE, Chicago, Illinois