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Requirements for Infrastructure and Essential Activities of Infection Control and Epidemiology in Out‐of‐Hospital Settings: A Consensus Panel Report
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In 1997 the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America established a consensus panel to develop recommendations for optimal infrastructure and essential activities of infection control and epidemiology programs in out‐of‐hospital settings. The following report represents the Consensus Panel’s best assessment of requirements for a healthy and effective out‐of‐hospital–based infection control and epidemiology program. The recommendations fall into 5 categories: managing critical data and information; developing and recommending policies and procedures; intervening directly to prevent infections; educating and training of health care workers, patients, and nonmedical caregivers; and resources. The Consensus Panel used an evidence‐based approach and categorized recommendations according to modifications of the scheme developed by the Clinical Affairs Committee of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee.
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- Requirements for Infrastructure and Essential Activities of Infection Control and Epidemiology in Out‐of‐Hospital Settings: A Consensus Panel Report
- Candace Friedman , MPH, CIC, Marcie Barnette , MSN, RN, Alfred S. Buck , MD, Rosemary Ham , RN, MSN, CIC, Jo‐Ann Harris , MD, Peggy Hoffman , RN, Debra Johnson , RN, CIC, Farrin Manian , MD, Lindsay Nicolle , MD, Michele L. Pearson , MD, Trish M. Perl , MD, MSc and Steven L. Solomon , MD
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 20, No. 10 (October 1999) (pp. 695-705)
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From the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Consensus Panel. Candace Friedman, MPH, CIC, Panel Chair (APIC); Marcie Barnette, MSN, RN, National Association for Home Care (NAHC); Alfred S. Buck, MD, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO); Rosemary Ham, RN, MSN, CIC (APIC); Jo‐ Ann Harris, MD, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS); Peggy Hoffman, RN (NAHC); Debra Johnson, RN, CIC (APIC); Farrin Manian, MD (SHEA); Lindsay Nicolle, MD (SHEA); Michele L. Pearson, MD (SHEA); Trish M. Perl, MD, MSc (SHEA); Steven L. Solomon, MD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).Address reprint requests to APIC, 1275 K St NW, Washington, DC 20005‐4006.This report and the recommendations in it were formally approved by the APIC and SHEA boards in 1999 and endorsed by the organizations represented by panel members: JCAHO, CDC, PIDS, and NAHC.Copyright � 1999 by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc, and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Inc. Published simultaneously in AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control (1999;27:418‐430) and Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (1999;20:695‐705).99‐SR‐115. Friedman C, Barnette M, Buck AS, Ham R, Harris J‐A, Hoffman P, Johnson D, Manian F, Nicolle L, Pearson ML, Perl TM, Solomon SL. Requirements for infrastructure and essential activities of infection control and epidemiology in out‐of‐hospital settings: a Consensus Panel report. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1999;20:695‐705.
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