Disease Control and Prevention

The continuous evaluation of care practices under the supervision of the infection control staff can help ensure continued adherence to correct practices. The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidaniology publishes up-to-date articles and guidelines on healthcare infection control. 

CDC guidelines highly recommend the placement of alcohol-based hand-rub solutions in convenient locations of patient care areas of healthcare organizations. Clinical studies indicate that the frequency of hand washing relates to the accessibility of hand-hygiene facilities. Installing hand-rub dispensers immediately outside patient or resident rooms or within suites of rooms improves the overall efficacy of staff use by over 20%. 

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Biology and Control ofMedes aegypti, Hector Topics No. 4 and Dengue Surveillance Survey No. 9, U.S. PubHc Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Adanta, Ga., 1979 and 1983. 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health. Primary Containment of Biohazards Selection, Installation and Use of Biological Safety Cabinets. Washington, DC U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1995 (available on http // www.niehs.nih.gov/odhsb/biosafe/bsc/bsc.htm)... 

A document from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health" describes, in detail, the different BSC designs and operating parameters. This document is easily available on the Internet and only a short summary will be provided here. For more detail regarding operation, design, use, testing, protection, etc. the reader is referred to the latest edition of the CDC-NIH document. 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Expanded tuberculosis surveillance and tuberculosis morbidity—United States, 1994, MMWR, vol. 43, 1994, 361-366. 

Cenrers for Disease Control and Prevention. Draft guidelines for preventing the transmission of tuberculosis in health-care facilities, second edition Notice of comment period, federal Register, vol. 58, no. 195 (October 12, 1993), 52809-52854. 

Prepare die finger using an alcohol wipe to cleanse die area Wear gloves to comply widi die guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Standard Precautions). 

The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is a national vaccine safety surveillance program co-sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). VAERS collects and analyzes information from reports of adverse reactions after immunization. Anyone can report to VAERS, and reports are sent in by vaccine manufacturers, health care providers, and vaccine recipients and their parents or guardians. An example of the VAERS and instructions for completing the form are found in Appendix F. Any clinically significant adverse event that occurs after the administration of any vaccine should be reported. Individuals are encouraged to provide the information on the form even if the individual is uncertain if the event was related to the... 

Center for Disease Control and Prevention (1999) Outbreak of Escherichia coli 0157 H7 and Camylobacter among attendees of the Washington County Fair - New York. Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 48 803-805... 

Carroll KM, Ball SA, Nich C, et al Targeting behavioral therapies to enhance naltrexone treatment of opioid dependence. Arch Gen Psychiatry 38 755-761, 2001 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Recommendation for prevention and control of hepatitis (virus (HCV) infection and HCV-related chronic disease. MMWR Recommendations and Reports 47(RR19) l-39, 1998 Charney DS, Steinberg DE, Kleber HD, et al The clinical use of clonidine in abrupt withdrawal from methadone. Arch Gen Psychiatry 38 1273-1277, 1981 Charney D S, Heninger OR, Kleber H D The combined use of clonidine and naltrexone as a rapid, safe, and effective treatment of abrupt withdrawal from methadone. Am J Psychiatry 143 831-837, 1986... 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Gamma hydroxy butyrate use—New York and Texas, 1995-96. JAMA 277 1511, 1997 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Adverse events associated with ingestion of gamma-butyrolactone—Minnesota, New Mexico, and Texas, 1998-1999. MMRW Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 48 137-140, 1999 Chatlos JC Recent trends and a developmental approach to substance abuse in adolescents. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 5 1-27, 1996... 

ATSDR/CDC. 1990. Summary Report Subcommittee report on biological indicators of organ damage and dysfunction. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Fatalities associated with ingestion of diethylene glycol-contaminated glycerin used to manufacture acetaminophen syrup—Haiti, November 1995-June 1996 MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 1996 45 649-50. 

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention conducted a randomized epidemiological study on patients who had received morphine nerve paste post-operatively for pain management purposes. Ninety-four percent of the patients used in the cohort presented themselves with surgical-site comphcations such as edema and inflammation 24 days (median) post-operation. Upon culturing of the wounds, 64% tested positive for bacterial infection. It is important to note that aU of the patients were found to have residual morphine paste on board indicative of a chronic morphine state (Sacerdote et al. 2000). 

This profile reflects ATSDR s assessment of all relevant toxicologic testing and information that has been peer-reviewed. Staff of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other Federal scientists have also reviewed the profile. In addition, this profile has been peer-reviewed by a nongovernmental panel and was made available for public review. Final responsibility for the contents and views expressed in this toxicological profile resides with ATSDR. 

The Environmental Health Laboratory Sciences Division of the National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is developing methods for the analysis of trichloroethylene and other volatile organic compounds in blood. These methods use purge and trap methodology, high resolution... 

Volume 1 Analysis of reproductive outcomes and environmental exposures in Woburn, MA. Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Environmental Health Assessment, Massachusetts of Health Research Institute in collaboration with the Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

NIOSH. 1994b. NIOSH Pocket guide to chemical hazards. Washington, DC U.S. Department of Heath and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. DHEW (NIOSH) Pub. No. 94-116. 

From Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A Comprehensive Immunization Strategy to Eliminate Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in the United States. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Part 1 Immunization of Infants, Children, and Adolescents. http //www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5416a1. htm s cid=rr5416a1 e. 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Recommendations for prevention and control of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and HCV-related chronic disease. MMWR Recomm Rep 1998 47(RR-19) l-39. 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Overweight and Obesity Trends. CDC. Available at www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/ index.htm accessed March 28,2006. 

Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Morbid Mortal Wkly Rep (MMWR) 2002 51(RR-6) l-78. 

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