Appendix 3: Contributors and Acknowledgements

Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel
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What to know

  • Guideline: Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel
  • Segment: Part II: Epidemiology and Control of Selected Infections
  • Summary: Contributors, acknowledgements, and declarations of interest for Part II.

Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) contributors

HICPAC Members

Deverick Anderson, MD, MPH, Duke University Medical Center; Hilary M. Babcock, MD, MPH, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis; Lisa Baum, MA, New York State Nurses Association; Vickie M. Brown, RN, MPH, WakeMed Health & Hospitals; Kristina Bryant, MD, University of Louisville School of Medicine; Vineet Chopra, MBBS, MD, MSc, FACP, FHM, The University of Michigan Health System; Nicholas Daniels, MD, MPH, University of California, San Diego; Elaine Dekker, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital & Trauma Center; Daniel J. Diekema, MD, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine; Katherine Ellingson, PhD, University of Arizona College of Public Health; Laura Evans, MD, MSc, University of Washington Medical Center; Mohamad Fakih, MD, MPH, Ascension; Loretta L. Fauerbach, MS, CIC, Fauerbach & Associates, LLC; Judith Guzman-Cottrill, DO, Oregon Health & Science University; Michael D. Howell, MD, MPH, Google Research, Google; W. Charles Huskins, MD, MSc, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; Lynn Janssen, MS, California Department of Public Health; Colleen Kraft, MD, MSc, Emory University School of Medicine; Jennie H. Kwon, DO, MSCI, Washington University; Michael Lin, MD, MPH, Rush University School of Medicine; Lela Luper, BSN, RN, Chickasaw Nation Department of Health; Lisa Maragakis, MD, MPH, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Jan Patterson, MD, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio; Michael Anne Preas, RN, University of Maryland Medical Center; JoAnne Reifsnyder, PhD, MBA, MSN, Genesis HealthCare; Selwyn O. Rogers Jr, MD, MPH, The University of Chicago; Erica Shenoy, MD, PhD, Mass General Brigham; Connie Steed, MSN, RN, Infection Prevention Consultant; Sheri Chernetsky Tejedor, MD, Emory University School of Medicine; David Jay Weber, MD, MPH, University of North Carolina School of Medicine; Sharon Wright, MD, MPH, Beth Israel Lahey Health; Deborah S. Yokoe, MD, MPH, University of California, San Francisco

HICPAC ex officio Members

Yvonne Chow, MPP, Health Resources & Services Administration; Elizabeth Claverie-Williams, MS, U.S. Food & Drug Administration; LCDR Matthew Ellis, USPHS; MPH, CIC, REHS, Indian Health Service; Megan Hayden, RN, MS, CNS, CIC, CPH, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; David Henderson, MD, National Institutes of Health; Stephen Kralovic, MD, MPH, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Leyi Lin, MD, FACP, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Jonathan Merrell, RN, BNS, MBA, Indian Health Services; Melissa Miller, BSN, MD, MS, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Tara N. Palmore, MD, National Institutes of Health; Jimi Risse, RN, Indian Health Service; Gary Roselle, MD, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Daniel Schwartz, MD, MBA, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; LCDR Scott Steffen, PhD, CQIA, CQI, Food and Drug Administration; Judith Trawick, Health Resources & Services Administration

HICPAC Liaison Representatives

Lilian Abbo, MD, MBA, Infectious Disease Society of America; Hilary Babcock, MD, MPH, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America; Kristina Bryant, MD, American Society of Nephrology; Natalie Bruce, MScN, BScN, Public Health Agency of Canada; Darlene Carey, MSN, RN, Association of Professionals of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.; Holly Carpenter, RN, American Nurses Association; Paul T. Conway, American Association of Kidney Patients; Craig Coopersmith, MD, Society of Critical Care Medicine; Patti Costello MT-CHEST, MT-CSCT, American Hospital Association; Eve Cuny, MS, Organization for Safety, Asepsis, and Prevention; Karen deKay, MSN, RN, CNOR, CIC, Association of periOperative Registered Nurses; Elaine Dekker, RN, BSN, America's Essential Hospitals; Louise M. Dembry, MD, MS, MBA, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America; Jasmine Dhindsa, MD, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Kathleen Dunn, BScN, MN, RN, Public Health Agency of Canada; Kristen Ehresmann, RN, MPH, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials; Ashely Fell, MPH, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologist; Maryellen Guinan, Esq, America's Essential Hospitals; Hana E. Hinkle, PhD, MPH, National Rural Health Association; Marion Kainer, MD, MPH, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists; Jason Kane, MD, Society for Critical Care Medicine; Keith Kaye, MD, MPH, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America; Alan Kliger, MD, American Society of Nephrology; Evelyn Knoelle, American Hospital Association; Jacqueline Lawler, MPH, National Association of County and City Health Officials; Chris Lombardozzi, MD, America's Essential Hospitals; Emily Lutterloh, MD, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials; Lisa McGiffert, Patient Safety Action Network; Jennifer Meddings, MD, MSc, Society of Hospital Medicine; Sharon Morgan, RN, American Nurses Association; Ronnell Myburgh, RN, MBA, DNV; Dana Nguyen, BSN, RN, National Association of County and City Health Officials; Adina Popalyar, RN, MPH, Public Health Agency of Canada; Silvia Quevedo, CCC-SLP, CAE, Association of Professionals of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.; Karen Ravin, MD, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society; Mark Russi, MD, MPH, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine; Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH, Society of Hospital Medicine; Robert G. Sawyer, MD, Surgical Infection Society; Christa Schorr, DNP, MSN, Society for Critical Care Medicine; Benjamin Schwartz, MD, National Association of County and City Health Officials; Jennifer Selkirk, Public Health Agency of Canada; Andrea Shane, MD, MPH, Pediatric Infectious Disease Society; Sarah Smathers, MPH, CIC, FAPIC, Association of Professionals of Infection Control and Epidemiology; Kathryn Spates, The Joint Commission; Linda Spaulding, RN, DNV; Lisa Spruce, RN, DNP, Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses; Lisa Tomlinson, Association of Professionals of Infection Control and Epidemiology; Pamela Truscott, MSN, RN, American Health Care Association; Margaret VanAmringe, MHS, The Joint Commission; Valerie Vaughn, MD, Society of Hospital Medicine; Stephen Weber, MD, Infectious Diseases Society of America; Elizabeth Wick, MD, American College of Surgeons; Amber Wood, MSN, RN, Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses

Acknowledgments

In addition to the contributors for each section of this Guideline Update, the authors wish to thank: Michael L. Tapper, MD, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY; Michael Bell, MD, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP), National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), CDC; Erin Stone, MPH, MA, DHQP, NCEZID, CDC; Anna Acosta, MD, Division Of Bacterial Diseases (DBD), National Center For Immunization And Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), CDC; Fiona Havers, MS, MHS, DBD, NCIRD, CDC; Sarah Mbaeyi, MD, MPH, DBD, NCIRD, CDC; Brett W. Petersen, MD, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology (DHCPP), NCEZID, CDC; Agam K. Rao, MD, DHCPP, NCEZID, CDC; Tami H. Skoff, MS, DBD, NCIRD, CDC; Tejpratap Tiwari, MD, DBD, NCIRD, CDC; Chris A. Van Beneden, MD, MPH, DBD, NCIRD, CDC; Ryan Wallace, DVM, DHCPP, NCEZID, CDC; Paul A. Gastanaduy, MD, Division of Viral Diseases (DVD), NCIRD, CDC; Tatiana M. Lanzieri, MD, MPH, DVD, NCIRD, CDC; Mona Marin, MD, DVD, NCIRD, CDC; Jessica Leung, MPH, DVD, NCIRD, CDC; Kiran Perkins, MD, Prevention and Response Branch (PRB), DHQP, NCEZID, CDC; Thomas Filardo, MD, DVD, NCIRD, CDC; Melissa Briggs Hagen, MD, MPH, CORVD (Coronavirus and Other Respiratory Viruses Division), NCIRD, CDC; Hannah Kirking, MD, CORVD, NCIRD, CDC; Olivia Almendares, MSPH, CORVD, NCIRD, CDC

Declarations of Interest

None of the Workgroup members reported financial or intellectual interests related to the topics in this review except for the following:

  • Hilary Babcock: Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America liaison to HICPAC.
  • Ruth Carrico: Speaker and consultant for Pfizer; speaker for Sanofi Pasteur; consultant for Medscape; speaker and workgroup member of the Gerontological Society iCAMP workshop committee; recipient of research award from Pfizer and research subaward from CDC (via Catholic Charities).
  • Colleen Kraft: Scientific advisor for Seres Therapeutics; consultant for Rebiotix, Inc.; and will participate on a scientific advisory board for Adventa Bioscience.
  • Mark Russi: American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) liaison to HICPAC.
  • Connie Steed: Consultant for Global Life Technologies, which includes education.
  • Thomas R. Talbot: Spouse receives research support from Sanofi Pasteur, Medimmune, and Gilead and serves on advisory committee for Novartis.
  • David J. Weber: Consultant and speaker for Pfizer and Merck.
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