Authors, Contributors and Acknowledgments

Authors

Kristina Bryant, MD
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

Michael T. Brady, MD
Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH

Kendra Myers Cox, MA
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

Loretta L. Fauerbach, MS, CIC
Fauerbach & Associates, LLC, Gainesville, FL

Judith A. Guzman-Cottrill, DO
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR

Jamesa Hogges, MPH
formerly Northrop Grumman Corporation, Atlanta, GA

W. Charles Huskins, MD, MSc
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Martha Iwamoto, MD, MPH
formerly Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (now with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY)

Brian Leas, MA, MS
Center for Evidence-based Practice, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA

Aaron M. Milstone, MD, MHj
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Christal Oliver, MPH
Eagle Global Scientific, LLC, Atlanta, GA

Kristin Tansil Roberts, MSW
Tentatively changes to Division of HIV Prevention (DHP), National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP)

Nalini Singh, MD, MPH
formerly Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Department of Pediatrics, Department of Global Health and Epidemiology, George Washington University, Washington DC)

Devon Okasako-Schmucker, MPH
Eagle Global Scientific, LLC, Atlanta, GA

Christine So, MPH
Eagle Global Scientific, LLC, Atlanta, GA

Erin Stone, MA
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

Craig A. Umscheid, MD, MSCE
formerly Center for Evidence-based Practice, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA (now with the University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago IL)

Alexis Elward, MD
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee

Contributors

Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) Members:

Hilary M. Babcock, MD, MPH, Washington University School of Medicine; Judene Bartley, MS, MPH, CIC, VP Epidemiology Consulting Services, Inc.; Dale W. Bratzler, DO, MPH, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; Patrick J. Brennan, MD, University of Pennsylvania Health System; Vickie M. Brown, RN, MPH, WakeMed Health & Hospitals; Kristina Bryant, MD, University of Louisville School of Medicine; Lillian A. Burns, MT, MPH, Greenwich Hospital; Ruth M. Carrico, PhD, RN, CIC, University of Louisville School of Medicine; Sheri Chernetsky Tejedor, MD, Emory University School of Medicine; Vineet Chopra, MBBS, MD, MSc, FACP, FHM, The University of Michigan Health System; Elaine Dekker, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital & Trauma Center; Daniel J. Diekema, MD, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine; Alexis Elward, MD, Washington University School of Medicine; Jeffrey Engel, MD, North Carolina State Epidemiologist; Loretta L. Fauerbach, MS, CIC, Fauerbach & Associates, LLC; Neil O. Fishman, MD, University of Pennsylvania Health System; Ralph Gonzales, MD, MSPH, University of California, San Francisco; Mary K. Hayden, MD, Rush University Medical Center; Michael D. Howell, MD, MPH, Google Research, Google; Susan Huang, MD, MPH, University of California Irvine School of Medicine; W. Charles Huskins, MD, MSc, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; Lynn Janssen, MS, CIC, CPHQ, California Department of Public Health; Tammy Lundstrom, MD, JD, Providence Hospital; Lisa Maragakis, MD, MPH, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Yvette S. McCarter, PhD, University of Florida Health Science Center; Denise M. Murphy, MPH, RN, CIC, Main Line Health System; Russell N. Olmsted, MPH, St Joseph Mercy Health System; Stephen Ostroff, MD, US Food and Drug Administration; Jan Patterson, MD, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio; David A. Pegues, MD, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD, The Johns Hopkins University; Gina Pugliese, RN, MS, Premier Healthcare Alliance; Keith M. Ramsey, MD, The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University; Selwyn O. Rogers Jr, MD, MPH, The University of Chicago; William P. Schecter, MD, University of California, San Francisco; Kurt Brown Stevenson, MD, MPH, The Ohio State University Medical Center; Tom Talbot, MD, MPH, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Michael L. Tapper, MD, Lenox Hill Hospital; and Deborah S. Yokoe, MD, MPH, University of California, San Francisco.

HICPAC ex officio Members:

William B. Baine, MD, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Elizabeth Claverie-Williams, MS, US Food & Drug Administration; Nicole Haynes, MD, Health Resources & Services Administration; David Henderson, MD, National Institutes of Health; Stephen Kralovic, MD, MPH, US Department of Veterans Affairs; Dan Mareck, MD, Health Resources & Services Administration; Jeannie Miller, RN, MPH, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Melissa Miller, BSN, MD, MS, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Paul D. Moore, PhD, Health Resources & Services Administration; Sheila Murphey, MD, US Food & Drug Administration; Tara Palmore, MD, National Institutes of Health; Gary Roselle, MD, US Department of Veterans Affairs; Daniel Schwartz, MD, MBA, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Judy Trawick, RN, BSN, Health Resources & Services Administration; Kim Willard-Jelks, MD, MPH, Health Resources & Services Administration; Rebecca Wilson, MPH, Health Resources & Services Administration.

HICPAC Liaison Representatives:

Kathy Aureden, MS, MT(ASCP), SI, CIC, Association of Professionals of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.; Elizabeth Bancroft, MD, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists; Nancy Bjerke, BSN, RN, MPH, CIC, Association of Professionals of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.; Joan Blanchard, RN, BSN, Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses; Debra Blog, MD, MPH, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials; William A. Brock, MD, Society of Critical Care Medicine; Michelle Cantu, MPH, National Association of County and City Health Officials; Darlene Carey, MSN, RN, CIC, NE-BC, FAPIC, Association of Professionals of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.; Holly Carpenter, BSN, RN, American Nurses Association; Paul Conway, American Association of Kidney Patients; Craig Coopersmith, MD, FACS, FCCM, Society of Critical Care Medicine; Barbara DeBaun, MSN, RN, CIC, Association of Professionals of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.; Elaine Dekker, RN, BSN, CDC, America’s Essential Hospitals; Louise M. Dembry, MD, MS, MBA, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America; Kathleen Dunn, BScN, MN, RN, Public Health Agency of Canada; Kris Ehresmann, RN, MPH, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials; Beth Feldpush, PhD, American Hospital Association; Sandra Fitzler, RN, American Health Care Association; Scott Flanders, MD, Society of Hospital Medicine; Janet Franck, RN, MBA, CIC, DNV Healthcare, Inc.; Diana Gaviria, MD, MPH, National Association of County and City Health Officials; Jennifer Gutowski, MPH, BSN, RN, CIC, National Association of County and City Health Officials; Lisa Grabert, MPH, American Hospital Association; Valerie Haley, PhD, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials; Lori Harmon, RRT, MBA, Society of Critical Care Medicine; Patrick Horine, MHA, DNV Healthcare, Inc.; Michael D. Howell, MD, MPH, Society of Critical Care Medicine; W. Charles Huskins, MD, MSc, Infectious Diseases Society of America; Marion Kainer, MD, MPH, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists; Lilly Kan, DrPH, MA, National Association of County and City Health Officials; Alan Kliger, MD, American Society of Nephrology; Evelyn Knolle, American Hospital Association; Jacqueline Lawler, MPH, CIC, CPH, National Association of County and City Health Officials; Chris Lombardozzi, MD, America’s Essential Hospitals; Emily Lutterloh, MD, MPH, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials; Lisa Maragakis, MD, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America; Michael McElroy, MPH, CIC, America’s Essential Hospitals; Lisa McGiffert, Consumers Union; Jennifer Meddings, MD, MSc, Society of Hospital Medicine; Richard Melchreit, MD, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists; Sharon Morgan, MSN, RN, NP-C, American Nurses Association; Silvia Muñoz-Price, MD, America’s Essential Hospitals; Dana Nguyen, BSN, RN, CIC, National Association of County and City Health Officials; Shirley Paton, RN, MN, Public Health Agency of Canada; Kelly Podgorny, DNP, MS, CPHQ, RN, Joint Commission; Michael Anne Preas, RN, CIC, Association of Professionals of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.; Mark E. Rupp, MD, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America; 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; Andi Shane, MD, MPH, Pediatric Infectious Disease Society; Roslyne Schulman, MHA, MBA, American Hospital Association; Barbara M. Soule, RN, MPA, CIC, The Joint Commission; Kathryn Spates, The Joint Commission; Linda Spaulding, RN, CIC, DNVGL Healthcare; Lisa Spruce, RN, DNP, ACNS, ACNP, ANP, Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses; Rachel Stricof, MPH, Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis; Sheri Chernetsky Tejedor, MD, Society of Hospital Medicine; Donna Tiberi, RN, MHA, Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program; 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; Robert Wise, MD, The Joint Commission; Amber Wood, MSN, RN, CNOR, CIC, CPN, Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses.

Acknowledgements

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention thanks the many individuals and organizations who provided valuable feedback on and support of this document during the development process: Sonya Arundar, MS; Wanda Barfield, MD, MPH; Wendy Bruening, PhD, Meredith Noble Calloway, MS; Mahnaz Dasti, MPH; Susan Dolan, RN, MS, CIC; Yvonne Florence; Joann Fontanarosa, PhD; Suzanne Frey, BSN, RN; Rachel Gorwitz, MD, MPH; David Ham, MD, MPH, Charlalynn Harris, PhD; David Kaufman, MD; Gretchen Kuntz, MSW, MSLIS, Anne McCarthy; Amanda Paschke, MD, MSCE; Richard Polin, MD; Lisa Saiman, MD; Pablo Sanchez, MD; Karen Schoelles, MD, SM; and Gautham Suresh, MD.

Additionally, Michael Bell, MD, and L. Clifford McDonald, MD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Jeffrey Hageman, MHS, formerly Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, provided technical advice during various stages of document development.

Declarations of Interest

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

• Dr. Bryant: Reports receiving research support from Pfizer
• Dr. Milstone: Reports receiving research support from Sage Products and MITRE Corporation