External Guidelines,Recommendations

Resources in Infection Control

Program management

World Health Organization

Guidelines on core components of infection prevention and control programmes at the national and acute health care facility level,2016. http://www.who.int/gpsc/ipc-components-guidelines/en/

Core components for infection prevention and control programmes- Global Alert and Response (GAR). 2009.

AIDE-MEMOIRE: http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/AM_CoreCom_IPC.pdf?ua=1

Arabic: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/69982/4/WHO_HSE_EPR_2009.1_ara.pdf

French: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/70229/1/WHO_HSE_EPR_2009.1_fre.pdf

English: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/69982/1/WHO_HSE_EPR_2009.1_eng.pdf

http://www.who.int/gpsc/news/ipc-gdg/en/

Infection control management plans

The State of Queensland (Queensland Health)

https://www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/guidelines-procedures/diseases-infection/infection-prevention/management-plans-guidance/icmp#ICMP

Health Service Executive- Ireland .Core Infection Prevention and Control Knowledge and Skills A Framework Document http://www.hse.ie/eng/about/Who/qualityandpatientsafety/safepatientcare/HCAI_Programme/HCAI_Documents/CoreInfectionPreventionandControl.pdf

Antimicrobial Resistance

WHO http://www.who.int/antimicrobial-resistance/en/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

https://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/index.html and https://www.cdc.gov/getsmart/healthcare/index.html

GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/antimicrobial-resistance-amr-information-and-resources

Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. http://www.shea-online.org/priority-topics/antimicrobial-stewardship/implementation-tools-resources

The Baltic Network for Infection Control and Containment of Antibiotic Resistance (BALTICCARE) http://www.balticcare.org/

English surveillance programme for antimicrobial utilisation and resistance (ESPAUR) https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/362374/ESPAUR_Report_2014__3_.pdf

ECDC

http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/Healthcare-associated_infections/guidance-infection-prevention-control/Pages/guidance-prevention-control-infections-caused-by-multidrug-resistant-bacteria-and-healthcare-associated-infections.aspx

Variety of Preventative Guides

The State of Queensland (Queensland Health)

https://www.health.qld.gov.au/chrisp/surveillance/about_ams

SHEA

SHEA Pocket Guidelines: https://www.shea-online.org/guidelines-resources/shea-pocket-guidelines

Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals

http://www.shea-online.org/priority-topics/compendium-of-strategies-to-prevent-hais

Compendium of Healthcare Associated Infection Guidance: contains a list of all current national policies, guidance and supporting materials on HAI produced since 2001 by the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorate, National Services Scotland, other stakeholders and any additional HAI guidance that is applicable for use in NHS Scotland for example, Department of Health and specialist advisory bodies

http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/resourcedocument.aspx?id=5613

http://www.nipcm.hps.scot.nhs.uk/

Association for Professionals in Infection Control And Epidemiology (APIC)

http://www.apic.org/Professional-Practice/Overview

http://professionals.site.apic.org/

Provide the Most Varied Resources for the Professionals in Infection Control such as: Developmental path of the infection preventionist, Infection preventionist (IP) competency model, Implementation guides, scientific guidelines, Research, Practice resources, Emergency preparedness, Etc....

CDC resources:

Healthcare-associated Infections https://www.cdc.gov/hai/

Influenza (FLU) Seasonal: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/flu/default.html

Influenza Pandemic: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/index.htm

Influenza Avian: https://www.cdc.gov/mrsa/healthcare/index.html

Influenza Swine: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/swineflu/index.htm

Ebola: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/ebola/default.htm

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): https://www.cdc.gov/mrsa/healthcare/index.html

Tuberculosis (TB): https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/tb/default.html

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS):https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/sars/default.html

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS): https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/mers/index.html

2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings