Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)

HICPAC Publications

• Updating the Guideline Methodology of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee 2009 (188 KB / 31 pages)
• Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections, 2009 (407 KB / 67 pages)
  • Guideline for Prevention of CAUTI 2009 Appendices (4.41 MB / 268 pages)
• Guideline for Isolation Precautions
  Published 2007
• Management of Multidrug-Resistant Organism 2006 PDF (233 KB, 74 page)
  This Guideline replaces Preventing the spread of vancomycin resistance-HICPAC Recommendations
• Influenza Vaccination of Health-Care Personnel
  MMWR February, 2006/55(RR02);1-16
• Guidance on Public Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infections
  AJIC February, 2005;Vol.33/No.4 PDF (150KB, 10 pages)
• Guidelines for Preventing Healthcare Associated Pneumonia
  Published 2004
• Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities
  Published 2003
• Recommendations for Using Smallpox Vaccine in a Pre-Event Vaccination Program
  MMWR, April, 2003;/52(RR07);1-16
• Guidelines for Preventing Intravascular Device-Related Infections
  Published 2002 MMWR 2002;51(No. RR-10):1–36
• Guidelines for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings
  Published 2002
• Guideline for Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel
  Am J Infect Control 1998;26:289-354.
• Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections
  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1999;20:247-280.
• Immunization of Health Care Workers
  MMWR, December, 1997;46(RR-18);1-42

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