Guidelines for environmental infection control in health-care facilities; recommendations of CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) 2003, updated: July 2019

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Guidelines for environmental infection control in health-care facilities; recommendations of CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) 2003, updated: July 2019

July 2019
By Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (U.S.) ...

English

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Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (U.S.) ; National Center for Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion. ; National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion.

Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (U.S.) ; National Center for Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion. ; National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion. Less -
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Background: Although the environment serves as a reservoir for a variety of microorganisms, it is rarely implicated in disease transmission except in the immunocompromised population. Inadvertent exposures to environmental opportunistic pathogens (e.g., Aspergillus spp. and Legionella spp.) or airborne pathogens (e.g., Mycobacterium tuberculosis and varicella-zoster virus) may result in infections with significant morbidity and/or mortality. Lack of adherence to established standards and guidance (e.g., water quality in dialysis, proper ventilation for specialized care areas such as operating rooms, and proper use of disinfectants) can result in adverse patient outcomes in health-care facilities.

Objective: The objective is to develop an environmental infection-control guideline that reviews and reaffirms strategies for the prevention of environmentally-mediated infections, particularly among health-care workers and immunocompromised patients. The recommendations are evidence-based whenever possible.

environmental-guidelines-P.pdf
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Air Microbiology/standards Animals Environment, Controlled Equipment Contamination/prevention & Control Health Facility Environment/standards Hospital Design And Construction/standards Infection Control/standards Medical Waste Disposal/standards Water Microbiology/standards Water Supply/standards
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Book
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Practice Guideline
Pages in Document:

241 numbered pages
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Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/134940/cdc_134940_DS1.pdf
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