CDC

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recognized as the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people - at home and abroad, providing credible information to enhance health decisions, and promoting health through strong partnerships. CDC serves as the national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States.

CDC, located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, is an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Julie L. Gerberding is the Director.

CDC Releases "Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health Care Facilities"
The Guidelines offer a comprehensive, “one stop shopping” approach to environmental infection control in the healthcare environment. The Guidelines revise previous CDC documents including the Guideline for Prevention of Nosocomial Pneumonia and the Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, as well as reference pertinent guidelines and standards published by AIA and ASHRAE. This comprehensive approach offers keen insight into establishing and refining management plans to reduce the potential for hospital-acquired infections as required by JCAHO standard EC.1.7 (intent statements b, k, and l) as well as standard EC.3.2.1 (proactive risk assessment during construction). Attention is given to engineering and infection control concerns during routine operation, during construction, demolition, renovation, and construction, and during catastrophic events (flooding, sewage spills, loss of ventilation). The guidelines are available for download from CDC (250 pages) or may be purchased from ASHE.

• Overview of topics in Guidelines.
• To download Guidelines from CDC, click here.

Further Resources

• Infection Control Risk Assessment Matrix of Precautions for Construction & Renovation [PDF] [Word]
• ILSM - ICRA Daily Monitoring Tool [PDF] [Word]