Guidelines & Standards

APIC/SHEA Guideline: Infection prevention and control in the
long-term care facility
Author:  Philip W. Smith, MD, Gail Bennett,
RN, MSN, CIC, Suzanne Bradley, MD, Paul Drinka, MD, Ebbing
Lautenbach, MD, James Marx, RN, MS, CIC, Lona Mody, MD,
Lindsay Nicolle, MD, Kurt Stevenson, MD
Source: AM J Infect Control 2008;36:504

APIC/CHICA-Canada infection prevention, control, and
epidemiology: Professionals and practice standards
Author:  Candace Friedman, BS, MT (ASCP),
MPH, CIC, Ruth Curchoe, RN, MSN, CIC, Margie Foster, RN,
CIC, Zahir Hirji, RN, BS, BScN, MHSC, CIC, Sharon
Krystofiak, MS, MS, MT (ASCP), CIC, Rebecca L. Lark, MD
(APIC), Linda Laxson, RN, BSN, CIC, Mary Jane Ruppert, RN,
and Linda Spaulding, RNC, CIC
Source: AM J Infect Control 2008;36:385-9

Guideline for Isolation Precautions in Hospitals
Author: Julia S. Garner, RN, MN, and the
Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee
Source: Public Health Service, US
Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention., vol. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
1996; 17:53-80, and Am J Infect Control 1996;24:24-52

Multi-Society Guideline for Reprocessing Flexible
Gastrointestinal Endoscopes
Author: APIC Guidelines Committee
This guideline was developed as a result of a joint meeting
with SHEA and others. APIC actively participated in its
development and review.

Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care
Settings
Author: CDC
Source: CDC, MMWR, vol. 200;MMWR
2003:52(No. RR-17).

Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care
Facilities
Author: Sehulster LM, Chinn RYW, Arduino MJ,
Carpenter J, Donlan R, Ashford D, Besser R, Fields B, McNeil
MM, Whitney C, Wong S, Juranek D, Cleveland J.
Source: CDC, HICPAC, American Society for
Healthcare Engineering/American Hosptical Association, vol.
2004

Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium
Tuberculosis in Health-Care Facilities
Author: CDC
Source: MMWR (Morbitiy and Mortality Weekly
Report), vol. 54 (RR-17); 1-141
Updated version.

Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection
Author: Mangram AJ, Horan TC. Silver LC,
Jarvise WR
Source: Center for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Hospital Infection Control Practices
Advisory Committee; AJIC (American Journal of Infection
Control), vol. 1999;27(2):97-132

Recommendations for Preventing the Spread of Vancomycin
Resistance
Author: HICPAC
Source: American Journal of Infection
Control, vol. 1995;23(2):87-94