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CDC Smallpox Plan & Guidelines

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

	CDC announces new workbook to protect healthcare workers from sharps injuries
	Updated Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for the Control and Elimination of Mumps
	Hand hygiene and fire safety
	SARS Plan
	Interim Guidance on Infection Control Precautions for Patients with Suspected Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Close Contacts in Households

Emerging Pathogens

	Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
	Outbreaks of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Skin Infections --- Los Angeles County, California, 2002--2003
	West Nile Virus
	Legionella guidelines - 2006

	Patient Safety Goals

	CMS Interpretative Guidelines 2006 - Draft

Organizations

	Association for Professionals in Infection Control/Epidemiology (APIC)
	American Dental Association
	Infection Control Nurses Association, UK
	Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
	CMS- Infection Control Interpretative Guidelines (C. Cahill PowerPoint)
	Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society

Public Heath

	California Department of Health Services
	California State Scabies Guidelines for Healthcare Facilities 1999
	Prevention and Control of Gastroenteritis in California Long Term Care Facilities - 2000
	Statewide Public Health Departments
	DHS requiring reporting of hospitalized varicella cases

Related Healthcare-associated Infections in California

Healthcare-associated Infections Advisory Working Group, Final Report

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