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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 Items in this collection may have been superceded or replaced.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.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Public Health Information Network.
7/31/08
The electronic transfer of public health data involves the ability to securely and automatically send and receive information between computer systems, to achieve a “live” network for data exchange between partners in public health, i.e. the Public Health Information Network (PHIN).The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has advanced a stand
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National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.). Division of Violence Prevention.
7/31/2008
Technology and youth seem destined for each other. They are both young, fast paced, and ever changing. In the last 20 years there has been an explosion in new technology. This new technology has been eagerly embraced by young people and has led to expanding knowledge, social networks, and vocabulary that includes instant messaging (“IMing”), bloggi
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June 6, 2008
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Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
"These recommendations represent the first statement by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) on the use of a live attenuated vaccine for the prevention of herpes zoster (zoster) (i.e., shingles) and its sequelae, which was licensed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on May 25, 2006. This report summarizes the epidemio
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National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne and Enteric Diseases (U.S.)
June 2008
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Viral immunology. 2008; 21(2):123-32.
Through the Advisory Committee on Dengue and other Flavivirus Vaccines, the World Health Organization(WHO) has had a long-standing commitment to facilitate and to guide research and development of vaccines for medically important flaviviruses. Recently, the Paediatric Dengue Vaccine Initiative (PDVI) was formed to accelerate the development, testin
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Centers for Disease Control (U.S.). Immunization Practices Advisory Committee.
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May 30, 2008
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Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) provides advice and guidance regarding effective control of vaccine-preventable diseases, including guidance for special populations that might warrant modification of routine recommendations (1). One such special population is pregnant and breastfeeding women. Formulation of recommendations f
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May 30, 2008
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Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
"In 2005, two tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccines were licensed and recommended for use in adults and adolescents in the United States: ADACEL® (sanofi Pasteur, Swiftwater, Pennsylvania), which is licensed for use in persons aged 11--64 years, and BOOSTRIX® (GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Rixensart, Belg
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May 23, 2008
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Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
These recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) update the previous recommendations on human rabies prevention (CDC. Human rabies prevention--United States, 1999: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. MMWR 1999;48 [No. RR-1]) and reflect the status of rabies and antirabies biologics in
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National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne and Enteric Diseases (U.S.). Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases.
May 8, 2008
This document summarizes CDC recommendations for selecting and using personal repellents to prevent mosquito bites and reduce the risk of mosquito-transmitted diseases
United States. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
May 2, 2008
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Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
At its February 2008 meeting, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) decided not to recommend routine vaccination of children aged 2--10 years against meningococcal disease unless the child is at increased risk for the disease. This report summarizes the deliberations of ACIP and the rationale for its decision and restates existing
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CDC has begun distribution of a new-generation smallpox vaccine, ACAM2000 (Acambis, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts), to civilian laboratory personnel, the military, and state public health preparedness programs. ACAM2000 is a live, vaccinia virus smallpox vaccine that was licensed for use in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration in
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The charter of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) states that committee deliberations on the appropriate use of vaccines should include consideration of population-based studies such as efficacy, cost-benefit, and risk-benefit analyses (1). As the number and cost of vaccines have increased, economic analyses have become an esse
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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April 4, 2008
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Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
This notice updates the recommendation for use of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) among children aged 24-59 months who are either unvaccinated or who have a lapse in PCV7 administration. In February 2000, PCV7, marketed as Prevnar and manufactured by Wyeth Vaccines (Collegeville, Pennsylvania), was approved by the Food and Drug Admin
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April 2008
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Emerging infectious diseases. 2008; 14(4).
Suggested citation for this article: Stern EJ, Uhde KB, Shadomy SV, Messonnier N. Conference report on public health and clinical guidelines for anthrax [conference summary]. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. 2008 Apr [date cited]. Available from http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/4/07-0969On March 13-14, 2006, a meeting on anthrax, spons
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office of Public Health Genomics.
February 2008
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International journal of epidemiology. 2008; 37(1):120-32.
Established guidelines for causal inference in epidemiological studies may be inappropriate for genetic associations. A consensus process was used to develop guidance criteria for assessing cumulative epidemiologic evidence in genetic associations. A proposed semi-quantitative index assigns three levels for the amount of evidence, extent of replica
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United States. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
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March 14, 2008
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Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
On February 27, 2008, new information was presented to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) regarding the risk for febrile seizures among children aged 12--23 months after administration of the combination measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella (MMRV) vaccine (ProQuad , Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, New Jersey). This rep
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United States. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
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January 11, 2008
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Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
The recommended immunization schedules for persons aged 0--18 years and the catch-up immunization schedule for 2008 have been approved by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Academy of Family Physicians. The standard MMWR footnote format has been modified for publication of this sch
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"Technology and adolescents seem destined for each other; both are young, fast paced, and ever changing. In previous generations teens readily embraced new technologies, such as record players, TVs, cassette players, computers, and VCRs, but the past two decades have witnessed a virtual explosion in new technology, including cell phones, iPods, MP-
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United States. Deptartment of Housing and Urban Development.
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2008
"The Healthy Housing Inspection Manual completes the foundation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Healthy Homes Initiative. The manual reflects the ongoing commitment of both CDC and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to work together to provide local jurisdictions with tools to address housing-rela
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National Center for Environmental Health (U.S.). Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services.
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2008
Water Safety Plans are a World Health Organization (WHO) methodology designed to assess and manage risk in drinking water systems. A Water Safety Plan (WSP) aims to identify hazards to drinking water quality that can be introduced at multiple points from the source to the tap. The WSP does not, however, traditionally provide for identifying hazards
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"The Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities, 2008, presents evidence-based recommendations on the preferred methods for cleaning, disinfection and sterilization of patient-care medical devices and for cleaning and disinfecting the healthcare environment. This document supercedes the relevant sections contained in the
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