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Guidelines and Recommendations
CDC Guidelines and Recommendations are updated by various CDC centers and institutes in response to new scientific discoveries, to public health issues, and to disease outbreaks. Items in this collection may have been superceded or replaced. For the most up to date information, please visit the CDC home page at https://www.cdc.gov/ and search the Health Topic or Outbreak you are interested in.
August 6, 1993
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Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
Summary: In 1985, CDC published Policy Guidelines for Prevention and Control of Chlamydia trachomatis infections (1 ). Those guidelines highlighted the prevalence and morbidity of chlamydial infections and stressed the need to include antibiotics effective against chlamydia when treating patients for urethritis, mucopurulent cervicitis, and pelvic
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July 30, 1993
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Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
This report provides interim recommendations for prevention and control of hantavirus infections associated with rodents in the southwestern United States. It is based on principles of rodent and infection control and contains specific recommendations for reducing rodent shelter and food sources in and around the home, recommendations for eliminati
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June 25, 1993
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Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
This issue contains two articles with recommendations on counseling and prophylaxis and therapy for Human T-Lymphotrophic Virus and Disseminated Mycobacterium avium Complex for individuals infected with HIV.The human T-lymphotropic viruses, type I (HTLV-I) and type II (HTLV-II), are closely related but distinct retroviruses that can infect humans.
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May 28, 1993
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Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
This document updates previously published CDC recommendations for infection-control practices in dentistry to reflect new data, materials, technology, and equipment. When implemented, these recommendations should reduce the risk of disease transmission in the dental environment, from patient to dental health-care worker (DHCW), from DHCW to patien
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Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis (U.S.)
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May 21, 1993
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Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
These recommendations update previous CDC/American Thoracic Society (ATS) recommendations for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) among adults and children [American Thoracic Society, CDC. Treatment of TB and TB infection in adults and children. Am Rev Respir Dis 1986;134:355–63.] The most notable changes are in response to the increasing prevalence
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May 14, 1993
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Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
These recommendations update information on the vaccine available for controlling influenza during the 1993-94 influenza season (superseding MMWR 1992; 41(No. RR-9): 1-17.) The principal changes include information about a) the influenza strains in the trivalent vaccine for 1993-94, b) the effectiveness of influenza vaccine, and c) side effects and
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United States. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
April 9, 1993
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Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
This statement summarizes current recommendations by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) on the use of active and passive immunization for persons with altered immunocompetence. The purpose of this statement is to make ACIP recommendations more accessible for clinicians by consolidating them into a single document. ACIP statemen
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National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians, Inc.
March 26, 1993
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Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
The purpose of this Compendium is to provide rabies information to veterinarians, public health officials, and others concerned with rabies control. These recommendations serve as the basis for animal rabies control programs throughout the United States and facilitate standardization of procedures among jurisdictions, thereby contributing to an eff
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Possible health hazards resulting from occupational exposure to ethyl-ether (60297) were reviewed and discussed. Topics included physical properties, chemical properties, industrial uses, occupational exposures, toxicokinetics, acute toxicity, chronic toxicity, organ system effects, immunotoxicity, mutagenicity, genotoxicity, carcinogenicity, repro
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January 15, 1993
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Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
This issue contains recommendations updating previous recommendations regarding human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) counseling and testing of patients in acute-care hospital settings (1). The revision was prompted by additional information regarding both the rates at which patients admitted to some acute-care hospitals have unrecognized HIV infectio
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January 8, 1993
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Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
"Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccine was available in the United States from 1983 through 1987 on an investigational basis, through travel clinics in collaboration with CDC (1). JE vaccine manufactured by Biken and distributed by Connaught Laboratories, Inc. (Japanese encephalitis virus vaccine, inactivated, JE-VAX), was licensed on December 10, 199
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Information relevant for assessing potential adverse health effects from occupational exposure to chlorobenzene (108907) was reviewed and summarized. Topics included physical properties, chemical properties, production levels, industrial uses, occupational exposure levels, toxicokinetics, acute and chronic toxicity, organ system toxicity, immunotox
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Many concerned individuals and community-based organizations want to reduce violence and prevent injuries and deaths from violence among youths in their community. This manual is designed to help. It includes a menu of specific activities for communities to undertake plus a framework for putting those activities effectively into place. The manual i
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National Center for Prevention Services (U.S.). Division of Immunization
October 9, 1992
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Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
General recommendations on pertussis prevention were issued August 8, 1991, in the ACIP statement on diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (1). A supplementary statement on the use of diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine (DTaP) was issued February 7, 1992 (2) after the licensure of ACEL-IMUNE, prepared by Lederle Laboratories
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September 11, 1992
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Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
Spina bifida and anencephaly are common and serious birth defects. Available evidence indicates that 0.4 mg (400 micrograms) per day of folic acid, one of the B vitamins, will reduce the number of cases of neural tube defects (NTDs). In order to reduce the frequency of NTDs and their resulting disability, the United States Public Health Service rec
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July 24, 1992
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Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
During the past three decades, the most common emergencies affecting the health of large populations in developing countries have involved famine and forced migrations. The public health consequences of mass population displacement have been extensively documented. On some occasions, these migrations have resulted in extremely high rates of mortali
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July 17, 1992
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Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended that all donated blood be screened for antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) beginning no later than June 1, 1992. This article provides CDC recommendations for the diagnosis of HIV-1 and HIV-2 infections in persons being tested in settings other than blood centers and CDC/F
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United States. Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis
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June 6, 1992
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Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
Farm workers are approximately six times more likely to develop tuberculosis (TB) than the general population of employed adults. These recommendations are presented to assist health-care providers serving migrant and seasonal farm workers. The following services, listed by priority, that should be available for migrant and seasonal farm workers an
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Centers for Disease Control (U.S.). Immunization Practices Advisory Committee.
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May 15, 1992
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Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
These recommendations update information on the vaccine and antiviral agents available for controlling influenza during the 1992-1993 influenza season (superseding the MMWR 1991; 40(no. RR-6): 1-15.) The primary changes include statements about vaccination of persons with known hypersensitivity to eggs or other components of the influenza vaccine,
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May 8, 1992
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Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
This document has been developed by CDC to give guidance to laboratories performing lymphocyte immunophenotyping assays in human immunodeficiency virus-infected persons. The recommendations in this document reflect current technology in a field that is rapidly changing. The recommendations apply to laboratory safety, specimen collection, specimen t
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