ISDH Healthcare Associated Infection Library
Government Reports on Healthcare Associated Infections
- CDC Management of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Healthcare Settings, 2006
- Health and Human Services (HHS) Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare Associated Infections
- Healthcare Associated Infections in Hospitals: Leadership Needed from HHS to Prioritize Prevention Practices and Improve Data on These Infections
This link provides the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s April 2008 report that originally outlined national challenges presented by HAIs and offered opportunities for HHS to improve its response and national coordination. - Institute of Medicine: To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System
This link offers a brief summary of the Institute of Medicine’s landmark 1999 report.
Books, Journal Articles, Web Resources
COMPILED LISTS OF PUBLICATIONS
COMPENDIUM
- Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Prevention Compendium
- SHEA/IDSA Healthcare Associated Infection Prevention Compendium Patient Guides. The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) sponsored and authored a compendium of practice recommendations to prevent healthcare-associated infections in acute care hospitals in partnership with the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), the Joint Commission, and the American Hospital Association (AHA). The compendium is available for download.
- SHEA/IDSA Healthcare Associated Infection Prevention Compendium Patient Guides. The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) sponsored and authored a compendium of practice recommendations to prevent healthcare-associated infections in acute care hospitals in partnership with the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), the Joint Commission, and the American Hospital Association (AHA). The compendium is available for download.
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