Infection Control Guidelines

The development of scientifically based guidelines is paramount for the practice of infection control. The APIC Guidelines Committee is responsible for commissioning, coordinating, producing, and revising APIC Guidelines for Infection Control Practice. The full-text of most APIC guidelines is available for review and/or downloading.  Infection control guidelines and recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) are reprinted in the American Journal of Infection Control to keep APIC members informed about the latest principles and practices of infection control.

•  Guidelines

APIC Resources

• Using APIC Communities

Other Resources

• Quest Diagnostics "Infectious Disease Update" Newsletters

National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)

• NHSN Home Page
• NHSN Document Library
• NHSN Data Collection Forms 

IC Risk Assessement Documents

• IC Risk Assessment Tool Form (Word Document)
• IC Risk Assessment Analysis (Excel Document)

TB Risk Assessment Documents

•  CDC TB Risk Assessment Worksheet

APIC Affiliated Organizations

• Certification Board for Infection Control (CBIC)  
• American Journal of Infection Control
• APIC Research Foundation

Local APIC Chapters with websites

• California APIC Coordinating Council 
• Camino Real  
• Coastline 
• Greater Los Angeles Area 
• Inland Empire 
• Orange County 
• San Diego & Imperial Counties
• San Francisco Bay Area
• Tri-Valley 

Associations and Organizations

• World Health Organization  
• International Society for Infectious Diseases  
• International Federation of Infection Control  
• Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)  
• Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)  
• The Community and Hospital Infection Control Association - Canada (CHICA - Canada)  
• The Infection Control Nurses Association (ICNA - United Kingdom)  
• Hospital Infection Society (HIS - United Kingdom)  
• National Association for Home Care (NAHC)  
• American Assoiation for Respiratory Care (AARC)  
• American Dental Association (ADA)  
• Organization for Safetry & Asepsis Precedures (OSAP)  
• National Tuberculosis Center  
• Hepatitis Foundation International  
• Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) 
• American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 

Endoscopy

• American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) 
• Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates (SGNA) 

Construction and Facilities Management

• American Institute of Architects  
• Water Quality Association  

Epidemiology

• The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Epidemiology
  
• Epidemiology glossary
  

Government and Regulatory Agencies

• Centers for Combined Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
• Appendix A - Survey Protocol Regualtions and Interpretive Guidelines for Hospitals
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC)  
• Hospital Infections Program  
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report  
• National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance (NNIS)
• Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID)  
• National Immunization Program 
• Joint Commission for the Accrediation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)  
• National Library of Medicine (NLM)  
• PubMed
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
• Food and Drug Administration  
• Agency for Health Care Policy and Research  
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)  
• National Coalition for Adult Immunization (NCAI)  
• National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID)  
• National Health Information Center (NHIC)
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
• U.S. Government Printing Office