Guidelines and Recommendations

• Antibiotic Resistance: Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work
• Biosafety
• CDC Wonder
• Diseases and Conditions
• Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
• Emerging Infectious Diseases journal
• EXCITE - Teaching materials on epidemiology for youth
• Hepatitis
• Healthcare-associated Infections
• Laboratory Biosecurity Training
• MMWR - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
• National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
• National Prevention Information Network
• NHSN - National Healthcare Safety Network
• NIOSH - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Outpatient Settings - Healthcare-associated Infections
• TB Education and Training
• TB - Self Study Modules
• Travel Information
• Vaccines
  • Health Care Personnel Vaccine Recommendations: MMWR, Vol. 60, No. 7, 11/25/11
  • Vaccine Information Statements

Slides from the Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology staff

• Outbreak Investigations - Meet the Experts presentation by Karen Hoffmann at the Fifth Decennial International Conference on HAIs, 2010
• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) (see disclaimer above)
• Dr. Rutala
  • Cost and Cost Benefit of Infection Control (see disclaimer above)
  • Disinfection and Sterilization - several slide sets (see disclaimer above)
  • Hand Hygiene (see disclaimer above)
• Dr. Weber
  • Vaccines for Healthcare Workers - provided by Dr. David Weber, November 2008 (See disclaimer above)
  • Mumps Outbreak, US, 2006: Recognition, Management and Prevention in the Healthcare Settings - provided by Dr. David Weber, May 2006
  • Avian Flu - Preparedness for an Influenza Pandemic: Focus on Vaccine Development and Hospital Preparedness - provided by Dr. David Weber, November 2005.
  • Hurricane Related Infectious Disease Risks - provided by Dr. David Weber, September 2005 (See disclaimer above.)
  • Antibiotic Resistant Pathogens: Impact and Control - provided by Dr. David Weber, November 2004 (See disclaimer above.)
  • Antibiotic Resistant Pathogens (presentation at infection control course, November 2004) - provided by Dr. David Weber(See disclaimer above.)
  • Bioterrorism Agents and Exotic Diseases: Recognition and Management - provided by Dr. David Weber, October 2004 (See disclaimer bove)
  • Influenza - provided by Dr. David Weber, October 2004 (See disclaimer above)
  • Prevention of Infection in the Compromised Host - provided by Dr. David Weber, October 2004 (See disclaimer above)
• Other
  When Is It Safe to Discontinue Isolation? provided by Vickie Brown, RN, MPH, CIC, October 2008

AAMI - Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
AMA - American Medical Association (includes journal contents, abstracts )
AMDR Association of Medical Device Reprocessors
American Public Health Association
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers - ASHRAE
AORN - Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses
APIC - Association for Professionals in Infection Control
ASM - American Society for Microbiology
CBIC -Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.
CHICA-Canada
Hospital Infection Society (United Kingdom)
IDSA - Infectious Diseases Society of America
IFIC - International Federation of Infection Control
INS - Infusion Nurses Society
The Joint Commission

• FAQ regarding Contact Precautions and Gowns February 18, 2010

NAHC - National Association for Home Care and Hospice
North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association
North Carolina Hospital Association
North Carolina Center for Hospital Quality and Patient Safety
OSAP - Organization for Safety & Asepsis Procedures
SGNA - Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates, Inc.
SHEA - The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Inc.

AHEC - North Carolina Area Health Education Centers
AIDS info - US Department of Health and Human Services
Bed Bugs, Illinois Department of Public Health
Bloodborne Pathogens Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Disinfection and Sterilization Website - by Dr. William A. Rutala
Food Safety
Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospital and Health Care Facilities- Facility Guidelines Institute
Health Canada
Immunizations Toolkit - influenza and pneumonia toolkit for nursing homes
Henry the Hand
Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) - Vaccination Information for Healthcare Professionals
Infection Control Today
Institute of Medicine
National Pesticide Information Center
National Tuberculosis Center
North Carolina Administrative Code

New Postings:

• MMWR, October 21, 2011 / 60(41);1418-1420: Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Associated with a Long-Term-Care Facility --- West Virginia, 2009--2011
• Norovirus Resources:
  • CDC Norovirus Illness - Key Facts brochure
  • NC Communicable Disease Manual - Control of Suspected Norovirus Outbreaks in Long Term Care Facilities

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Association for Home and Hospice Care of North Carolina

CDC

• CDC Antibiotic use in longterm care facilities
• CDC Infection Control in Health Care Facilities - Seasonal Flu
• CCDC Long-Term Care Settings - Healthcare-associated Infections (HAIs)

CMS website

• Interpretive Guidelines for Long-Term Care Facilities - See 483.65, Infection Control (begins page 560)
• CMS Infection Control Subsection, Tag F441 (12/2/2009) - link to 38-page document
• OASIS (the Outcome and Assessment Information Set) - data set for use in home health agencies

Definitions of Infection for Surveillance in Long-term Care Facilities - McGeer, AJIC;19(1);1-7, 1991 (reprinted)
EPA - Mold resources
Guidelines and Recommendation - SPICE website
Dept. of Veterans Affairs - Hand and Respiratory Hygiene Posters - Infection: Don't Pass It On
Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
Immunizations Toolkit - influenza and pneumonia toolkit for nursing homes
Minnesota Guideline for Management of Antimicrobial Resistant Organisms in Long-Term Care Facilities
National Association for Home Care and Hospice
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
North Carolina Administrative Code

• Rules for Licensing of Nursing Homes - 10A NCAC 13D.2209 Infection Control
• Medical Waste Rules - 15A NCAC 13B .1201-1206 Medical Waste Management

North Carolina Association of Long Term Care Facilities
North Carolina Dision of Aging
North Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation

• Regulatory Focus Bulletin

• North Carolina Tuberculosis Policy Manual, 2007 edition and revisions
• 2010 Tuberculosis Statistics for North Carolina

Nursing Home Compare Database (Medicare and Medicaid certified)
SHEA/APIC Guideline: Infection Prevention and Control in the Long-Term Care Facility - July 2008
Scabies Resources for Long-Term Care Facilities from California Department of Health

• Prevention of Scabies
• Scabies Memo
• Management of Scabies Outbreak

Wound Care

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• American Medical Directors Association - guidelines and journal
• Braden Scale for Risk Assessment
• National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel
• Ostomy/Wound Management
• The Wound Care Institute, Inc.
• Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society website - guidelines

CDC - information in Spanish
Signs in Spanish - order from Brevis and United Ad Label
New York Online Access to Health - Spanish
EthnoMed - Un of Washington - many languages
Minnesota Department of Public Health Translated Tuberculosis Educational Materials - many languages
Immunization Action Coalition - printed materials in many languages

Dental

Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings, 2003

Biothreats and Chemical Terrorism

CDC - Bioterrorism
Center for Biosecurity of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Chemical and Biological Terrorism: Research and Development to Improve Civilian Medical Response, Committee on R&D Needs for Improving Civilian Medical Response to Chemical and Biological Terrorism Incidents, Institute of Medicine (read the book online)
Minnesota Department of Health - information, slides, posters
North Carolina Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology bioterrorist agents wall chart
North Carolina Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology bioterrorism slides by Dr. David J. Weber
North Carolina Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology chemical terrorism agents wall chart
UCLA Department of Epidemiology - Bioterrorism