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GREATER OMAHA CHAPTER DOCUMENTS
 
           

Archives  : [Bioterrorism]  [Fingernails/Hand Hygiene] [Link Archive]   [CJD]

Greater Omaha Chapter Guidelines

Multi-Drug Resistant Organism (MDRO) Guidelines - 2005 (pdf)
Cover letter (pdf)

Printed Resources

OSHA Releases New Needlestick Rule - Federal Register, Legislation and Regulatory Text all at one website.

OSHA Releases New Recordkeeping Rules - Regulatory Text, printable forms, and Recordkeeping Proposal

Draft Guideline for Environmental Infection Control in Healthcare Facilities, 2001 (Print the 198 page document - answers to lots of questions)

MRSA Study – Reveals Higher Prevalence than Previously Thought

ISOLATION

CDC Issues Isolation Guidelines (pdf) (html)- Long-awaited Guidelines now available in final form.

HAND HYGIENE

World Health Organization (WHO) Hand Hygiene Guidelines Were Presented at the APIC Conference.   The Joint Commission has accepted these as an alternative to the CDC hand hygiene guidelines http://www.who.int/gpsc/tools/en/

APIC Links

APIC National Home Page

Certification Board in Infection Control and Epidemiology

APIClist

APIC Catalog

APIC E-learn

Patient Safety

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) report "Making Health Care Safer: A Critical Analysis".

Formal response letter and Press Release from APIC and SHEA

Bioterrorism

Agent Guide for Biopreparedness provided by the Center for Biopreparedness Education

Other Organizations

American Hospital Association

CDC  

Food and Drug Administration

Health Care Finance Administration

The Hospital Infection Society (UK)

Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

National Institute of Health

Nebraska Hospital Association

Nebraska Infection Control Network

NICN Newsletter

National Nosocomial Surveillance System(NNIS) / NHSN

Definitions

Nebraska Medical Association

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

World Health Organization

Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Publications/Information Searches

Federal Register

JAMA

MMWR

National Library of Medicine - Medline

  • PubMed - database of references to articles published in medical and life science journal

  • MedLinePlus - Consumer Health Information, include Health Topics

  • LocatorPlus - NLM's online catalog - monographs, journals & AV materials

New England Journal of Medicine

Occupational Safety & Health Administratio

Patient Information

CDC Childcare Provider Information Sheets - Infectious Diseases

CDC Patient Information Sheets - Infectious Diseases

Vaccine Information Sheets

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