Resources on the Internet for Infection
Control
CDC - Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
AHRQ - Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality
AHRQ - Clinical
Information
AHRQ - Health Care-Associated Infections - This page features helpful links to information, tools, and resources on health care-associated infections (HAIs)
National Guideline Clearinghouse
Nosocomial Infections - Innovations Exchange
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS)
Regulations and Interpretive Guidelines for Hospitals - Appendix
A
Regulations and Interpretive Guidelines for Hospitals - 482.42 Infection
Control,
OASIS - Outcome and Assessment Information Set (Home Health and Hospice specific data)
Department of Health and Human Services
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
EPA - Registered Disinfectants
Mold
FDA - Food and Drug
Administration
National Food Code
Sterilants and
High
Level Disinfectants Cleared by FDA
Federal Register
NIH - National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
NLM - National Library of Medicine
(includes free access to PubMed)
OSHA - Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Disclaimer: Slides provided by Dr. David J. Weber, Dr. William A.
Rutala and SPICE may be downloaded for
personal use
only. Commercial use (reproduction, selling, etc.) may be protected by
U.S. copyright.
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
- 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
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AIDS Surveillance
CDC Parasite
Image Library
Hand and Respiratory Hygiene Posters
Hand Hygiene
Resource Center - slides
Infection Don't Pass It On
- Veterans' Administration Posters available for
downloading
Lassa
Fever
Molecular
Identification and Strain Typing of MRSA - APIC-NC Slides by John W.
Longshore
MRSA
and VRE: Active Surveillance Program at WFUBMC - APIC-NC Slides by
Evelyn Cook
Public Health Image Library
Role of Active
Surveillance in Controlling Healthcare Associated MRSA - APIC-NC
Slides by Tobi Karchmer
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) slides
Tuberculosis
WHO
photographs
WHO
Tropical Disease Image Library
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
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.
SHEA
Guidelines and Resources
SHEA-IDSA Compendium of Strategies to Prevent
Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals and Resources
American Journal of Infection Control
Infection
Control and
Hospital Epidemiology
Journal of Hospital Infection
Journal of the
American Medical
Association (JAMA)
New England Journal of Medicine
The Journal of
Infectious Diseases
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
Mold
Mold - EPA
Facts about Mold
Clinician's Guidance to Mold
National Pesticide
Information Center
National Tuberculosis
Center
North Carolina
Administrative Code
NC
Communicable Disease Control Laws - 10A NCAC 41A
North
Carolina Infection Control Laws 10A NCAC 41A .0206-.0207
The .0206 Rule has been updated, effective 1/1/10. Click here to see the changes to the rule
North
Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness Training Website
North Carolina Department of
Epidemiology (includes EpiNotes)
North Carolina Division of Public Health
North Carolina Division of Public Health Communicable Disease
Manual
North
Carolina Environmental Health Services Section
Rules Governing Sanitation of Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Adult Care Homes and Other Institutions)
North Carolina
Flu Plan (for Pandemic Influenza)
North Carolina
Guidelines for Control of Antibiotic Resistant Organisms
North Carolina Joint Study Committee on Hospital Infection Control
and
Disclosure
North Carolina
Isolation Signs for Healthcare Facilities
Medical Waste Rules - 15A NCAC 13B .1201-1206 Medical Waste
Management
North Carolina
regulations on health and safety in child care
North Carolina Statewide
Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology
North Carolina Tuberculosis
Control
North
Carolina
Tuberculosis Policy Manual
North
Carolina West Nile Virus
ProMED-mail
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
Smallpox
Resources
University of North Carolina (UNC)
Health Care
UNC Health Care Gastroenteritis Guidelines - download
document
World Health Organization (WHO)
UNC School of Public Health Certificate in Field Epidemiology (online courses)
New Postings:
Association for
Home and Hospice Care of North Carolina
CDC
CMS website
Definitions of Infection for Surveillance in
Long-term Care Facilities - McGeer, AJIC;19(1);1-7, 1991 (reprinted)
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
North Carolina Association of Long Term Care Facilities
North Carolina Dision of Aging
North Carolina Division of
Health Service Regulation
North Carolina Rules Governing the Sanitation of Hospitals, Nursing Homes,
Adult Care
Homes and Other Institutions
North Carolina
Flu Plan (for Pandemic Influenza)
North Carolina
Guidelines for Control of Antibiotic Resistant Organisms (SPICE)
North Carolina Statewide
Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology (SPICE)
North Carolina Tuberculosis
Control
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
Wound Care
Resources in Languages other than English
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
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Last modified: January 9, 2012
