Links (HAI)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• MDRO Guidelines (pdf)
• MMWR Recommendations
• Get Smart for Healthcare
• Antimicrobial Stewardship Toolkit
• Checklist Core Elements of Hospital Anitbiotic Stewardship Programs
• Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs
• Ambulatory Care Infection Prevention Guidelines
• Infection Prevention for Dialysis Units
• Injection Safety
• Antibiotic/Antimicrobial Resistance
• Guideline for the Prevention and Control of Norovirus Gastroenteritis Outbreaks in Healthcare Settings
• Safe Health Care Blog
• Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations for Safe Care
• Healthcare-associated Infections (HAIs)
• Options for Evaluating Environmental Cleaning
• Outpatient Settings

CDC Long Term Care Infection Control

• Infection Control in Long-Term Care Facilities

APIC/SHEA Guideline-Infection Control in Long Term Care

• SHEA-APIC Guidelines (pdf)

Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)

• HICPAC

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)

• APIC
• Infection Prevention and You
• Home Health and Hospice Definitions (pdf)

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Patient and Caregiver Website: Preventing Infections During Cancer Treatment

• Three Steps Toward Preventing Infections
• Infection Control and Prevention Plan for Outpatient Oncology Settings (pdf)

World Health Organization (WHO)

• Hand Hygiene Guidelines

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

• Partnering to Heal

Injection Safety

• One and Only Campaign
• Safe Insulin Pen Use Brochure (pdf)
• Safe Insulin Pen Use Poster (pdf)
• Single-Dose or Multi-Dose? Infographic
• FREE Safe Injections Training

Dialysis

• Dialysis Station Routine Disinfection Checklist (pdf)
• Environmental Surface Disinfection in Dialysis Facilities (pdf)
• Provider Training Video: Preventing Bloodstream Infections in Outpatient Hemodialysis Patients (CDC video link)
• Provider Poster Prevent infections in Dialysis Patients (pdf)
• Patient Pocket Guide: 6 Tips to Prevent Dialysis Infections (pdf)

Other Links

• Principals of Judicious Antibiotic Prescribing for Bacterial URTIs in Pediatrics (pdf)
• Antimicrobial Stewardship Toolkit
• SHEA/IDSA task force for developing institutional programs
• ASHP Statement on the Pharmacist's Role in Antimicrobial Stewardship