Authors, Acknowledgement, Disclosure
Guideline for the Prevention and Control of Norovirus Gastroenteritis Outbreaks in Healthcare Settings (2011)
Authors
Taranisia MacCannell, PhD, MSc (Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA)
Craig A. Umscheid, MD, MSCE; Rajender K. Agarwal, MD, MPH; Ingi Lee, MD, MSCE; Gretchen Kuntz, MSW, MSLIS (Center for Evidence-based Practice, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA)
Kurt B. Stevenson, MD, MPH (Division of Infectious Diseases ,The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH)
Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)
Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)
CHAIRMAN
BRENNAN, Patrick J., MD
Chief Medical Officer
Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
BELL, Michael R., MD
Deputy Director
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
MEMBERS
BRATZLER, Dale, DO, MPH
President and CEO
Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality
Oklahoma City, OK
BURNS, Lillian A., MT, MPH
Director Infection Control/Epidemiology
Staten Island University Hospital
Staten Island, NY
ELWARD, Alexis, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics Infectious Diseases
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
HUANG, Susan, MD, MPH
UC Irvine School of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Orange, CA
LUNDSTROM, Tammy, MD, JD
Chief Medical Officer
Providence Hospital
Southfield, MI
MCCARTER, Yvette S., PhD
Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
Department of Pathology
University of Florida Health Science Center
Jacksonville, FL
MURPHY, Denise M. MPH, RN, CIC
Vice President, Quality and Patient Safety
Main Line Health System
Bryn Mawr, PA
OLMSTED, Russell N. MPH
Epidemiologist
Infection Control Services
St. Joseph Mercy Health System
Ann Arbor, MI
OSTROFF, Stephen, M.D.
Director, Bureau of Epidemiology
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Harrisburg, PA
PEGUES, David Alexander, MD
Professor of Medicine, Hospital Epidemiologist
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
PRONOVOST, Peter J. M.D., Ph.D., F.C.C.M.
Director, Johns Hopkins Quality and Safety Research Group
Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
SCHECTER, William, P., MD
Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery
San Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco, CA
SOULE, Barbara M., RN, MPA, CIC
Practice Leader
Infection Prevention and Control Services
Joint Commission Resources/Joint Commission International
Olympia, Washington
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
BAINE, William B., MD
Senior Medical Advisor
Center for Outcomes and Evidence
Rockville, MD
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
MILLER, Jeannie, RN, MPH
Deputy Director, Clinical Standards Group
Baltimore, MD
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
MURPHEY, Sheila A., MD
Infection Control Devices Branch
Division of Anesthesiology, General Hospital Infection Control Dental Devices
Center for Devices and Radiology Health
Rockville, MD
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
MOORE, Paul D., Ph.D
Senior Health Policy Advisor
Health Resources and Services Administration
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Rural Health Policy
Rockville, MD
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
HENDERSON, David, MD
Deputy Director for Clinical Care
Associate Director for Hospital Epidemiology and Quality Improvement
NIH Clinical Center
Bethesda, MD
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
ROSELLE, Gary A., MD
National Program Director, Infectious Diseases
VA Central Office
Cincinnati VA Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
LIAISONS
Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis (ACET)
STRICOF, Rachel L., MPH
Albany, New York
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
RUSSI, Mark, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine
Director, Occupational Health
Yale-New Haven Hospital
New Haven, CT
American Health Care Assn (AHCA)
FITZLER, Sandra L., RN
Senior Director of Clinical Services
Washington, DC
American Hospital Association (AHA)
SCHULMAN, Roslyne, MHA, MBA
Senior Associate Director, Policy Development
Washington, DC
Association of periOperative Registered Nursed (AORN)
BLANCHARD, Joan C., RN, BSN, MSS, CNOR, CIC
Denver, CO
Association of Professionals of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC)
DeBAUN, Barbara, MSN, RN, CIC
San Francisco, CA
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
KAINER, Marion MD, MPH
Director, Hospital Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance Program
Tennessee Department Health
Nashville, TN
Consumers Union
MCGIFFERT, Lisa
Senior Policy Analyst on Health Issues
Project Director, Stop Hospital Infections Organization
Yonkers, NY
Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
HUSKINS, W. Charles M.D., M.Sc.
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
College of Medicine
Rochester, MN
Public Health Agency of Canada
PATON, Shirley, RN, MN
Senior Technical Advisor Healthcare Acquired Infections
Center for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control
Ottawa, Ontario
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
MARAGAKIS, Lisa, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
John Hopkins Medical Institutions
Baltimore, MD
Society of Critical Care Medicine
William A. Brock, MD, FCCM, FCCP, FACP
Mount Prospect, IL
Society of Hospital Medicine
SAINT, Sanjay, MD, MPH
Director, Ann Arbor VA Medical Center/University of Michigan Patient Safety Enhancement Program
Ann Arbor VA Medical Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan
The Joint Commission
WISE, Robert A., MD
Vice President
Division of Standards & Survey Methods
Oakbrook Terrace, IL
Acknowledgement
HICPAC thanks the following members who served on the HICPAC Norovirus Gastroenteritis Guideline writing group during the guideline development process: Alexis Elward and Keith M. Ramsey.
HICPAC thanks the following experts for reviewing a draft of this guideline: John Boyce, Hospital of St. Raphael, New Haven, CT; Aron Hall, NCIRD, CDC; L. Clifford McDonald, DHQP, CDC; and Umesh Parashar, NCIRD, CDC. The opinions of the reviewers might not be reflected in all of the recommendations contained in this document.
Disclosure of Financial Interests and Relationships
The authors T.M., C.A.U., R.K.A., I.L., G.K., and K.B.S. report no actual or potential conflicts of interest. C.A.U., R.K.A. and I.L. received funding from the CDC to support the guideline development process.