Primary Authors: Evelyn Lo, MD; Lindsay Nicolle, MD; David Classen, MD, MS; Kathleen M. Arias, MS, CIC; Kelly Podgorny, RN, MS, CPHQ; Deverick J. Anderson, MD, MPH; Helen Burstin, MD; David P. Calfee, MD, MS; Susan E. Coffin, MD, MPH; Erik R. Dubberke, MD; Victoria Fraser, MD; Dale N. Gerding, MD; Frances A. Griffin, RRT, MPA; Peter Gross, MD; Keith S. Kaye, MD; Michael Klompas, MD; Jonas Marschall, MD; Leonard A. Mermel, DO, ScM; David A. Pegues, MD; Trish M. Perl, MD; Sanjay Saint, MD; Cassandra D. Salgado, MD, MS; Robert A. Weinstein, MD; Robert Wise, MD; Deborah S. Yokoe, MD, MPH
Task Force Members: David Classen, MD, MS; Infectious Diseases Society of America Co-Chair (University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT); Deborah S. Yokoe, MD, MPH; Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Co-Chair (Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA); >Deverick J. Anderson, MD, MPH; Section Leader, Surgical Site Infection (Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC); Kathleen M. Arias, MS, CIC; Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology liaison, Implementation Subgroup (Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Washington, DC); Helen Burstin, MD; National Quality Forum liaison (National Quality Forum, Washington, DC); David P. Calfee, MD, MS; Section Leader, Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus (Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY); Susan E. Coffin, MD, MPH; Section Leader, Ventilator- Associated Pneumonia (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA); Erik R. Dubberke, MD; Section Leader, C. difficile–Associated Disease (Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO); Victoria Fraser, MD; Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America President (Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO); Dale N. Gerding, MD; Section Leader, C. difficile–Associated Disease (Hines Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Hines, IL, and Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago, IL); Frances A. Griffin, RRT, MPA; Institute for Healthcare Improvement liaison (The Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Cambridge, MA); Peter Gross, MD (Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey–New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ); Keith S. Kaye, MD; Section Leader, Surgical Site Infection (Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC); Michael Klompas, MD; Section Leader, Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA); Evelyn Lo, MD; Section Leader, Catheter-Associated Uri nary Tract Infection (University of Manitoba and St. Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada); Jonas Marschall, MD; Section Leader, Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infection (Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO); Leonard A. Mermel, DO, ScM; Section Leader, Catheter- Associated Bloodstream Infection (Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI); Lindsay Nicolle, MD; Section Leader, Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (University of Manitoba and Health Sciences Center, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada); David A. Pegues, MD; Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee liaison (David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA); Trish M. Perl, MD (Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions and University, Baltimore, MD); Kelly Podgorny, RN, MS, CPHQ; The Joint Commission liaison, Implementation Subgroup (The Joint Commission, Oakbrook Terrace, IL); Sanjay Saint, MD (Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI); Cassandra D. Salgado, MD, MS; Section Leader, Methicillin- Resistant S. aureus (Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC); Robert A. Weinstein, MD (Stroger [Cook County] Hospital and Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL); Robert Wise, MD; The Joint Commission liaison (The Joint Commission, Oakbrook Terrace, IL)