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Dr. Thrupp is from the Infection Control Department, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California. Dr. Bradley is from the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School & Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Smith is from the Department of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska. Dr. Simor is from the Department of Microbiology, Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Gantz is from the Infectious Diseases Department, Boulder Community Hospital, Boulder, Colorado. Dr. Crossley is from the Departments of Education and Internal Medicine, Minneapolis VA Medical Center and the University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dr. Loeb is from the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University and Hamilton Regional Laboratory Program, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Strausbaugh is from the Portland VA Medical Center and Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine, Portland, Oregon. Dr. Nicolle is from the Department of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.*Members of the SHEA Long‐Term–Care Committee include Sky Blue, MD; Suzanne Bradley, MD; Kent Crossley, MD; R. Brooks Gainer, MD; Nelson Gantz, MD; Mark Loeb, MD; Lindsay Nicolle, MD; Rodolfo Quiros, MD: Andrew Simor, MD; Philip Smith, MD; Lynn Steele, MS, CIC; Kurt Stevenson, MD; Larry Strausbaugh, MD; and Lauri Thrupp, MD.Address reprint requests to Lauri D. Thrupp, MD, Chief Infection Control, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Bldg. 53, Rm. 220, 101 the City Drive, Orange, CA 92868.The authors thank the members of the SHEA Committee on Occupational Health for their careful review of this manuscript and thoughtful comments.