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Infection Control
Overviews
- Overviews
- Addressing Infectious Disease Threats (Directors of Health Promotion and Education)
Specific Conditions
- Specific Conditions
- Bloodborne Pathogens (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
- Infectious Diseases that May Be Transmitted/Acquired in Healthcare Settings (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Management of Occupational Exposures to Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- MRSA - Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Information for Healthcare Personnel (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Non-Hospital Healthcare Settings (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Occupational Exposure to HIV: Advice for Health Care Workers (American Academy of Family Physicians)
Also available in: Spanish - Recommendations to Protect Laboratory, Field, and Clinical Workers from West Nile Virus Exposure (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
Also available in: Spanish - Tuberculosis (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
- Understanding Respiratory Protection against SARS (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Vancomycin-Intermediate/Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Related Issues
- Related Issues
- Blood Frequently Asked Questions: Person's Suitability to Donate Blood (Food and Drug Administration)
- Exposure to Blood: What Health-Care Workers Need to Know (National Center for Infectious Diseases) - Links to PDF
Also available in: Spanish - Eye Protection for Infection Control (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
- Guidance on Air Medical Transport for SARS Patients (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Hand Hygiene Guidelines (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Health Care Workers: Avoiding Infections at Work (American Academy of Family Physicians)
Also available in: Spanish - How to Protect Yourself from Needlestick Injuries (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
Also available in: Spanish - Infection (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
- Infection Control: Frequently Asked Questions (American Dental Association)
- Keeping Blood Transfusions Safe: FDA's Multi-Layered Protections for Donated Blood (Food and Drug Administration)
Also available in: Spanish - Laundry: Washing Infected Materials (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- National Clinicians' Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Hotline (University of California, San Francisco)
- Needlesticks/Sharps Injuries (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
- Oral Health: Infection Control for Dentistry (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
Organizations
- Organizations
- American Association of Blood Banks
- Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
- National Center for Infectious Diseases
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- World Health Organization
Statistics
- Statistics
- Surveillance of Healthcare Personnel with HIV/AIDS, as of December 2002 (National Center for Infectious Diseases)