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Greater Omaha Chapter Guidelines
Multi-Drug Resistant Organism (MDRO) Guidelines -
2005 (pdf)
Cover letter (pdf)
Printed
Resources
OSHA
Releases New Needlestick Rule
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Federal Register, Legislation and Regulatory Text all
at one website.
OSHA
Releases New Recordkeeping Rules
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Regulatory Text, printable forms, and Recordkeeping
Proposal
Draft
Guideline for Environmental Infection Control in
Healthcare Facilities, 2001 (Print the 198 page
document - answers to lots of questions)
MRSA Study – Reveals
Higher Prevalence than Previously Thought
ISOLATION
CDC Issues Isolation Guidelines (pdf)
(html)-
Long-awaited Guidelines now available in final form.
HAND HYGIENE
World Health Organization (WHO) Hand Hygiene Guidelines
Were Presented at the APIC Conference.
The Joint
Commission has accepted these as an alternative to the
CDC hand hygiene guidelines
http://www.who.int/gpsc/tools/en/
APIC
Links
APIC National Home Page
Certification Board in
Infection Control and Epidemiology
APIClist
APIC Catalog
APIC
E-learn
Patient Safety
Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) report "Making
Health Care Safer: A Critical Analysis".
Formal
response letter and Press Release from APIC and
SHEA
Bioterrorism
Agent Guide for Biopreparedness provided by the
Center for Biopreparedness Education
Other
Organizations
American Hospital
Association
CDC
Food and
Drug Administration
Health Care Finance
Administration
The Hospital Infection
Society (UK)
Joint Commission for
Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
National Institute of
Health
Nebraska Hospital
Association
Nebraska
Infection Control Network
National Nosocomial Surveillance System(NNIS) / NHSN
Definitions
Nebraska
Medical Association
U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
World Health
Organization
Joint Commission for
Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Occupational Safety &
Health Administration (OSHA)
Publications/Information Searches
Federal Register
JAMA
MMWR
National Library of
Medicine - Medline
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PubMed
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database of references to articles published in
medical and life science journal
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MedLinePlus
- Consumer Health Information, include Health Topics
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LocatorPlus
- NLM's online catalog - monographs, journals & AV
materials
New England Journal of
Medicine
Occupational Safety &
Health Administratio
Patient
Information
CDC
Childcare Provider Information Sheets - Infectious
Diseases
CDC
Patient Information Sheets - Infectious Diseases
Vaccine Information
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