Authors

Jane D. Siegel, MD; Emily Rhinehart, RN MPH CIC; Marguerite Jackson, PhD; Linda

Chiarello, RN MS; the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee

Acknowledgement:

The authors and HICPAC gratefully acknowledge Dr. Larry Strausbaugh for his many contributions and valued guidance in the preparation of this guideline.

Patrick J. Brennan, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Pennsylvania Medical School

Michael Bell, MD
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

BRINSKO, Vicki L., RN, BA
Infection Control Coordinator
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

DELLINGER, E. Patchen., MD
Professor of Surgery
University of Washington School of Medicine

ENGEL, Jeffrey, MD
Head General Communicable Disease Control Branch
North Carolina State Epidemiologist

GORDON, Steven M., MD
Chairman, Department of Infectious Diseases
Hospital Epidemiologist
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Department of Infectious Disease

HARRELL, Lizzie J., PhD, D (ABMM)
Research Professor of Molecular Genetics,
Microbiology and Pathology
Associate Director, Clinical Microbiology
Duke University Medical Center

O’BOYLE, Carol, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
University of Minnesota

PEGUES, David Alexander, MD
Division of Infectious Diseases
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

PERROTTA, Dennis M. PhD., CIC
Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology
University of Texas School of Public Health
Texas A&M University School of Rural Public Health

PITT, Harriett M., MS, CIC, RN
Director, Epidemiology
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center

RAMSEY, Keith M., MD
Professor of Medicine
Medical Director of Infection Control
The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University

SINGH, Nalini, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics
Epidemiology and International Health
The George Washington University Children’s National Medical Center

STEVENSON, Kurt Brown, MD, MPH
Division of Infectious Diseases
Department of Internal Medicine
The Ohio State University Medical Center

SMITH, Philip W., MD
Chief, Section of Infectious Diseases
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Robert A. Weinstein, MD (Chair)
Cook County Hospital
Chicago, IL

Jane D. Siegel, MD (Co-Chair)
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX

Michele L. Pearson, MD (Executive Secretary)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA

Raymond Y.W. Chinn, MD
Sharp Memorial Hospital
San Diego, CA

Alfred DeMaria, Jr, MD
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Jamaica Plain, MA

James T. Lee, MD, PhD
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

William A. Rutala, PhD, MPH
University of North Carolina Health Care System
Chapel Hill, NC

William E. Scheckler, MD
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI

Beth H. Stover, RN
Kosair Children’s Hospital
Louisville, KY

Marjorie A. Underwood, RN, BSN CIC
Mt. Diablo Medical Center
Concord, CA

William B. Baine, MD
Liaison to Agency for Healthcare Quality Research

Joan Blanchard, RN, MSN, CNOR
Liaison to Association of periOperative Registered Nurses

Patrick J. Brennan, MD
Liaison to Board of Scientific Counselors

Nancy Bjerke, RN, MPH, CIC
Liaison to Association of Professionals in Infection Prevention and Control

Jeffrey P. Engel, MD
Liaison to Advisory Committee on Elimination of Tuberculosis

David Henderson, MD
Liaison to National Institutes of Health

Lorine J. Jay MPH, RN, CPHQ
Liaison to Healthcare Resources Services Administration

Stephen F. Jencks, MD, MPH
Liaison to Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Sheila A. Murphey, MD
Liaison to Food and Drug Administration

Mark Russi, MD, MPH
Liaison to American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Rachel L. Stricof, MPH
Liaison to Advisory Committee on Elimination of Tuberculosis

Michael L. Tapper, MD
Liaison to Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

Robert A. Wise, MD
Liaison to Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

Jane D. Siegel, MD Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Emily Rhinehart RN MPH CIC CPHQ
Vice President
AIG Consultants, Inc.

Marguerite Jackson, RN PhD CIC
Director, Administrative Unit, National Tuberculosis Curriculum Consortium, Department of Medicine
University of California San Diego

Linda Chiarello, RN MS
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC