Point
of Interest to Infection Control Professionals:
Evidence Based Guidelines
The Department of Health in
England has published new national evidence-based
guidelines for preventing hospital-acquired infections.
This first set includes Central line related infections and
Urinary Tract Infections.
New Report - Third-party
review of TB in the Workplace
The Committee on Regulating
Occupational Exposure to Tuberculosis, Division of
Tuberculosis, Division of Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention, Institute of Medicine (IOM) has released its report
on TB in the Workplace. APIC worked with members of
congress to appropriate the money for this review and was
responsible for drafting the language that became law which
called for this study.
Safety Device Legislation
Needlestick legislation -
Signed into law on November 6, 2000, this legislation has
several key points relative to changes required in the
bloodborne pathogens standard. Check back soon for a
listing of the key points and references to documents.
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