Infection Control in Health Care Facilities
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Summary Documents
- Prevention Strategies for Seasonal Influenza in Healthcare Settings
- Interim Guidance for Influenza Outbreak Management in Long-Term Care Facilities
- Settings Where High-Risk Persons & Their Contacts May Be Targeted For Vaccination
- Prevention & Control of Influenza in the Peri- and Postpartum Settings
- Interim Guidance for the Use of Masks to Control Influenza Transmission
Guidelines
- Standard Precautions Excerpt from the Isolation Guideline
- Droplet Precautions Excerpt from the Isolation Guideline
- Respiratory Hygiene/Cough Etiquette
- Influenza excerpt from the Pneumonia Guideline
- Influenza excerpt from the Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel Guideline
- Preventing Infections in HCST/Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients
- Bradley SF, The Long-Term-Care Committee of the Society for health-care Epidemiology of America. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1999;20:629-37
- HICPAC Guidelines
Educational Resources
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How-to Guide: Improving Hand Hygiene [PDF-269 KB, 39 pages]
A user-friendly improvement tool for hand hygiene practices and the use of gloves among healthcare workers. From the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) website. -
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in Healthcare Settings
Slides, video and posters demonstrating use of PPE - Cover Your Cough materials
- Promotional Campaigns
- Patient Safety
- Page last reviewed: August 4, 2016
- Page last updated: August 4, 2016
- Content source:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD)
- Page maintained by: Office of the Associate Director for Communication, Digital Media Branch, Division of Public Affairs