Isolation precautions in hcf

2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings
Jane D. Siegel, MD; Emily Rhinehart, RN MPH CIC; Marguerite Jackson, PhD; Linda Chiarello, RN MS; the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee
Acknowledgement: The authors and HICPAC gratefully acknowledge Dr. Larry Strausbaugh for his many contributions and valuedguidance in the preparation of this guideline. Suggested citation: Siegel JD, Rhinehart E, Jackson M, Chiarello L, and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, 2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/pdf/isolation2007.pdf

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Healthcare Infection Control Practices AdvisoryCommittee (HICPAC): Chair Patrick J. Brennan, MD Professor of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases University of Pennsylvania Medical School Executive Secretary Michael Bell, MD Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion National Center for Infectious Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Members BRINSKO, Vicki L., RN, BA Infection Control Coordinator Vanderbilt University MedicalCenter DELLINGER, E. Patchen., MD Professor of Surgery University of Washington School of Medicine ENGEL, Jeffrey, MD Head General Communicable Disease Control Branch North Carolina State Epidemiologist GORDON, Steven M., MD Chairman, Department of Infections Diseases Hospital Epidemiologist Cleveland Clinic Foundation Department of Infectious Disease HARRELL, Lizzie J., PhD, D(ABMM) ResearchProfessor of Molecular Genetics, Microbiology and Pathology Associate Director, Clinical Microbiology Duke University Medical Center O’BOYLE, Carol, PhD, RN Assistant Professor, School of Nursing University of Minnesota PEGUES, David Alexander, MD Division of Infectious Diseases David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

PERROTTA, Dennis M. PhD., CIC Adjunct Associate Professor of EpidemiologyUniversity of Texas School of Public Health Texas A&M University School of Rural Public Health PITT, Harriett M., MS, CIC, RN Director, Epidemiology Long Beach Memorial Medical Center RAMSEY, Keith M., MD Professor of Medicine Medical Director of Infection Control The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University SINGH, Nalini, MD, MPH Professor of Pediatrics Epidemiology and International HealthThe George Washington University Children’s National Medical Center STEVENSON, Kurt Brown, MD, MPH Division of Infectious Diseases Department of Internal Medicine The Ohio State University Medical Center SMITH, Philip W., MD Chief, Section of Infectious Diseases Department of Internal Medicine University of Nebraska Medical Center HICPAC membership (past) Robert A. Weinstein, MD (Chair) Cook CountyHospital Chicago, IL Jane D. Siegel, MD (Co-Chair) University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX Michele L. Pearson, MD (Executive Secretary) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, GA

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Raymond Y.W. Chinn, MD Sharp Memorial Hospital San Diego, CA Alfred DeMaria, Jr, MD Massachusetts Department of Public Health Jamaica Plain, MA James T. Lee, MD, PhD University ofMinnesota Minneapolis, MN William A. Rutala, PhD, MPH University of North Carolina Health Care System Chapel Hill, NC William E. Scheckler, MD University of Wisconsin Madison, WI Beth H. Stover, RN Kosair Children’s Hospital Louisville, KY Marjorie A. Underwood, RN, BSN CIC Mt. Diablo Medical Center Concord, CA HICPAC Liaisons William B. Baine, MD Liaison to Agency for Healthcare Quality ResearchJoan Blanchard, RN, MSN, CNOR Liaison to Association of periOperative Registered Nurses Patrick J. Brennan, MD Liaison to Board of Scientific Counselors Nancy Bjerke, RN, MPH, CIC Liaison to Association of Professionals in Infection Prevention and Control Jeffrey P. Engel, MD Liaison to Advisory Committee on Elimination of Tuberculosis David Henderson, MD Liaison to National Institutes of Health...