Authors, Disclosures, Contributors

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Zoonotic and Emerging Infectious Diseases
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion

Thomas R. Talbot III, MD, MPH
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Erin C. Stone, MA
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Kathleen Irwin, MD, MPH
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Amanda D. Overholt, MPH
Northrop Grumman Corporation

Mahnaz Dasti, MPH
Time Solutions LLC

Alexander Kallen, MD, MP
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee

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Scientific advice: Michael Bell, MD, Jeffrey Hageman, MHS, L. Clifford McDonald, MD

Editorial, Information Science, and Graphical Support: Sonya Arundar, MS; Srila Sen, MA; Rose Pecoraro

Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)

HICPAC Members
Hilary M. Babcock, MD, MPH, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; Vickie M. Brown, RN, MPH, WakeMed Health and Hospitals, Raleigh, NC; Sheri Chernetsky Tejedor, MD, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA; Daniel J. Diekema, MD, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA; Susan Huang, MD, MPH, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine; Loretta L. Fauerbach, MS, CIC, Fauerbach and Associates, LLC, Gainesville, FL; Michael D. Howell, MD, MPH, The University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL; W. Charles Huskins, MD, MSc, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN; Lynn Janssen MS, CIC, CPHQ, California Department of Public Health, Sacramento, CA; Lisa L. Maragakis, MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD; Jan Patterson, MD, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX; Gina Pugliese, RN, MS, Premier Healthcare Alliance, Charlotte, NC; Selwyn O. Rogers Jr., MD, MPH, FACS, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; Tom Talbot, MD, MPH, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Michael L. Tapper, MD, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY; Deborah S. Yokoe, MD, MPH, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA.

Ex Officio Members
William B. Baine, MD, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD; David Henderson, MD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Melissa Miller, MD, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD; Paul D. Moore, PhD, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, MD; Elizabeth Claverie-Williams, MS, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD; Sheila Murphey, MD, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD; Gary Roselle, MD, Cincinnati Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; Daniel Schwartz, MD, MBA, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD; Jacqueline Taylor, Health Resources and Service Administration, Rockville, MD; Judy Trawick, Health Resources and Service Administration, Rockville, MD.

Representatives of Liaison Organizations
David Banach, MD, MPH, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Arlington, VA; Vineet Chopra, MD, MSc, Society of Hospital Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Craig M. Coopersmith, MD, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Mount Prospect, IL; Akin Demehin, American Hospital Association, Chicago, IL; Kathleen Dunn, BScN, MN, RN, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; Sandra Fitzler, RN, American Health Care Association, Washington, D.C.; Nancy Foster, American Hospital Association, Chicago, IL; Diana Gaviria, MD, MPH, National Association of County and City Health Officials, Washington, D.C.; Jennifer Gutowski, MPH, BSN, RN, CIC, National Association of County and City Health Officials, Washington, D.C.; Holly Harmon, RN, MBA, American Health Care Association, Washington, D.C.; Patrick Horine, MHA, DNV GL Healthcare; Michael D. Howell, MD, MPH, Society of Critical Care Medicine; Marion Kainer, MD, MPH, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Atlanta, GA; Emily Lutterloh, MD, MPH, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, Arlington, VA; Sarah Matthews, MD, National Association of County and City Health Officials, Washington, D.C.; Michael McElroy, MPH, CIC, America’s Essential Hospitals, Washington, D.C.; Lisa McGiffert, Consumers Union, Yonkers, NY; Toju Ogunremi, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; Laurie O’Neil, RN, BN, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; Michael Anne Preas, RN, CIC, Association of Professionals of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Arlington, VA; Mark E. Rupp, MD, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Arlington, VA; Mark Russi, MD, MPH, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Elk Grove Village, IL; Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH, Society of Hospital Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Robert G. Sawyer, MD, FACS, FIDSA, FCCM, Surgical Infection Society, East Northport, NY; Linda Spaulding RN, CIC, DNV GL Healthcare, Lakewood Ranch, FL; Donna Tiberi, RN, MHA Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program, Chicago, IL; Margaret VanAmringe, MHS, The Joint Commission, Oak Brook, IL; Stephen G. Weber, MD, MPH, Infectious Disease Society of America, Arlington, VA; Elizabeth Wick, MD, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL; Amber Wood, MSN, RN, CNOR, CIC, CPN, Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, Denver, CO.