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Requirements for Infrastructure and Essential Activities of Infection Control and Epidemiology in Out-of-Hospital Settings: A Consensus Panel Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Candace Friedman ,
Marcie Barnette ,
Alfred S. Buck ,
Rosemary Ham ,
Jo-Ann Harris ,
Peggy Hoffman ,
Debra Johnson ,
Farrin Manian ,
Lindsay Nicolle  and
Michele L. Pearson
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Candace Friedman*
Affiliation:
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
Marcie Barnette
Affiliation:
National Association for Home Care (NAHC)
Alfred S. Buck
Affiliation:
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
Rosemary Ham
Affiliation:
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
Jo-Ann Harris
Affiliation:
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS)
Peggy Hoffman
Affiliation:
National Association for Home Care (NAHC)
Debra Johnson
Affiliation:
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
Farrin Manian
Affiliation:
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Consensus Panel
Lindsay Nicolle
Affiliation:
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Consensus Panel
Michele L. Pearson
Affiliation:
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Consensus Panel
Trish M. Perl
Affiliation:
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Consensus Panel
Steven L. Solomon
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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1275 K St NW, Washington, DC 20005-4006
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Abstract

In 1997 the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America established a consensus panel to develop recommendations for optimal infrastructure and essential activities of infection control and epidemiology programs in out-of-hospital settings. The following report represents the Consensus Panel's best assessment of requirements for a healthy and effective out-of-hospital-based infection control and epidemiology program. The recommendations fall into 5 categories: managing critical data and information; developing and recommending policies and procedures; intervening directly to prevent infections; educating and training of health care workers, patients, and nonmedical caregivers; and resources. The Consensus Panel used an evidence-based approach and categorized recommendations according to modifications of the scheme developed by the Clinical Affairs Committee of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 20 , Issue 10 , October 1999 , pp. 695 - 705
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1999

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