Prevention and Control Guidelines
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Reporting Requirements
Contact Information
General
- MMWR - Invasive Staphylococcus aureus Infections Associated with Pain Injections and Reuse of Single-Dose Vials — Arizona and Delaware, 2012" (CDC)
- Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations for Safe Care (CDC, 2011)
- Healthcare-Associated Infections (CDC)
Disease Specific
Bloodborne Pathogens
- Hepatitis C Reflex Testing
- Health Advisory: Safe Use of Insulin Pens - 3/25/2013 (PDF)
- Policy Statement and Guidelines to Prevent Transmission of Bloodborne Pathogens During Medical-Dental Procedures (2012)
- Health Advisory: Preventing Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens during Diabetes Care Procedures and Techniques- 2/11/2011
- Injection Safety - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2010)
- One and Only Campaign-New York State Pilot Site (2010)
- Blood Glucose Monitoring Systems Listed with the FDA, Letter to Manufacturers (FDA, 9/2010)
- Management of Occupational Exposures to Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis (CDC) 2001
- Protecting Patients from Bloodborne Pathogens in Healthcare Settings (CDC)
- Protecting Healthcare Workers from Bloodborne Pathogens (CDC)
- Recommended Infection Control and Safe Injection Practices to Prevent Patient-to-Patient Transmission of Bloodborne Pathogens (CDC) (PDF, 4.0MB, 4pg.).
- Use of Fingerstick Devices on More Than One Person Poses Risk for Transmitting Bloodborne Pathogens: Initial Communication: Update 11/29/2010 (FDA, 11/2010)
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)
- 2012 CRE Toolkit - Guidance for Control of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) (CDC)
- Guidance for Control of Infections with Carbapenem-resistant or Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Acute Care Facilities (CDC, 2009)
Catheter-associated Bloodstream Infections
Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections
Clostridium difficile
Gastroenteritis/Viral Gastrointestinal Illnesses
- Norovirus in Health Care Settings (CDC, 2012)
- Preventing Norovirus Infection (CDC, 2012)
- Investigation and Control of Nosocomial Gastroenteritis Outbreaks, 2006 (NYSDOH) (PDF, 44KB, 3pg.)
Group B Streptococcus
Influenza
- Influenza Infection Prevention and Control in Healthcare Facilities in New York State
- Influenza (flu) Update on the Public Website (NYSDOH)
- Long-term Care Resident and Employee Immunization Act (NYSDOH)
Legionellosis
Health-Care-Associated Pneumonia
- Guidelines for Preventing Health-Care-Associated Pneumonia, 2003: Recommendations of CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (CDC) (PDF, 811KB, 179pg.)
- Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities, 2003: Recommendations of CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) (CDC) (PDF, 1.49MB, 249pg)
- Guideline for Preventing Health-Care-Associated Pneumonia, 2004 (CDC)
Multidrug-Resistant Organisms
Pneumonia
- Guidelines for Preventing Health-Care-Associated Pneumonia, 2003: Recommendations of CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (CDC)
- Guideline for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia, 2004 (CDC)
Scabies
- Control of Scabies in Healthcare Facilities, 1996 (NYSDOH)
- Nosocomial Scabies Advisory, 2005 (NYSDOH) (PDF, 45KB, 3pg.)
- Fact Sheet (NYSDOH)
Surgical Site Infections
Tuberculosis
- Guidelines for Tuberculosis Control in Long-Term Care Facilities, 2006 (NYSDOH) (PDF, 103KB, 4pg)
- TB Guidelines and Recommendations (CDC)
Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE)
- Supplemental Infection Control Guidelines for the Care of Patients Colonized or Infected with Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) in Hospitals, Long-Term Care Facilities and Home Health Care (NYSDOH)
- Fact Sheet (NYSDOH)
- Fact Sheet (CDC)
Vancomycin-Intermidate and Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VISA/VRSA)
- Fact Sheet (CDC)
