Part I. Background Information: Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities
Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities (2003)
- Modes of Transmission of Airborne Diseases
- Airborne Infectious Diseases in Health-Care Facilities
- Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Systems in Health-Care Facilities
- Construction, Renovation, Remediation, Repair,and Demolition
- Environmental Infection-Control Measures for Special Health-Care Settings
- Other Aerosol Hazards in Health-Care Facilities
- Modes of Transmission of Waterborne Diseases
- Waterborne Infectious Diseases in Health-Care Facilities
- Water Systems in Health-Care Facilities
- Strategies for Controlling Waterborne Microbial Contamination
- Cooling Towers and Evaporative Condensers
- Dialysis Water Quality and Dialysate
- Ice Machines and Ice
- Hydrotherapy Tanks and Pools
- Miscellaneous Medical/Dental Equipment Connected to Main Water Systems
- Principles of Cleaning and Disinfecting Environmental Surfaces
- General Cleaning Strategies for Patient-Care Areas
- Cleaning Strategies for Spills of Blood and Body Substances
- Carpeting and Cloth Furnishings
- Flowers and Plants in Patient-Care Areas
- Pest Control
- Special Pathogen Concerns
- General Principles: Microbiologic Sampling of the Environment
- Air Sampling
- Water Sampling
- Environmental Surface Sampling
- General Information
- Epidemiology and General Aspects of Infection Control
- Collecting, Transporting, and Sorting Contaminated Textiles and Fabrics
- Parameters of the Laundry Process
- Special Laundry Situations
- Surgical Gowns, Drapes, and Disposable Fabrics
- Antimicrobial-Impregnated Articles and Consumer Items Bearing Antimicrobial Labeling
- Standard Mattresses, Pillows, and Air-Fluidized Beds
H. Animals in Health-Care Facilities
- General Information
- Animal-Assisted Activities, Animal-Assisted Therapy, and Resident Animals
- Service Animals
- Animals as Patients in Human Health-Care Facilities
- Research Animals in Health-Care Facilities