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| Michele L PearsonSummaryAffiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Country: USA Publications
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Influenza vaccination of health-care personnel: recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)Michele L Pearson
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
MMWR Recomm Rep 55:1-16. 2006..HICPAC and ACIP recommend that all HCP be vaccinated annually against influenza. Facilities that employ HCP are strongly encouraged to provide vaccine to their staff by using evidence-based approaches that maximize vaccination rates...- Guidance on public reporting of healthcare-associated infections: recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory CommitteeLinda McKibben
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 26:580-7. 2005 
Assessment of health care personnel needs for training in infection control: one size does not fit allMegan Bush Knapp
Prevention and Evaluation Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Am J Infect Control 36:757-60. 2008..These results will be used to inform topics to cover in infection control curricula for clinicians, public health professionals, and allied health personnel...
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusFred C Tenover
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 10:2052-3. 2004- Dermatologists' perceptions and practices related to community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infectionsKristin J Brinsley-Rainisch
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases, Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Am J Infect Control 36:668-71. 2008..Understanding dermatologists' perceptions and practices about CA-MRSA infections is important to guide the development of educational interventions related to the prevention and control of these infections... - Evaluation of institutional practices for prevention of phlebotomy-associated percutaneous injuries in hospital settingsMegan Bush Knapp
Prevention and Evaluation Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Am J Infect Control 37:490-4. 2009..This study examined institutional phlebotomy practices, policies, perceptions, and culture to identify facilitators and barriers that appear to have the greatest impact in preventing injuries... - Improving water quality can reduce pyrogenic reactions associated with reuse of cardiac cathetersRosemary E Duffy
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 24:955-60. 2003..5; P < .001). CONCLUSION: Improving water quality and using standard operating procedures for reprocessing catheters can prevent pyrogenic reactions in hospitalized patients... - Guidance on public reporting of healthcare-associated infections: recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory CommitteeLinda McKibben
Office of the Director, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Cancer for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Am J Infect Control 33:217-26. 2005..HICPAC will update these recommendations as more research and experience become available... - Nationwide outbreak of red eye syndrome associated with transfusion of leukocyte-reduced red blood cell unitsJuan Alonso-Echanove
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 27:1146-52. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: This transfusion-associated red eye syndrome was linked to a specific brand of leukocyte-reduction filter and likely resulted from cellulose acetate derivatives leached from the filter membrane... - Fifty-five years of international epidemic-assistance investigations conducted by CDC's disease detectivesItalia V Rolle
Division of Public Health Systems and Workforce Development, Center for Global Health, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop E 93, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Am J Epidemiol 174:S97-112. 2011..CDC's disease detectives will undoubtedly continue to play a critical role in global health and in responding to emerging global disease threats... - Anthrax and the mail: the making of an educational video for mail workersKelly L Moore
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Am J Infect Control 31:178-80. 2003..This report illustrates how an educational video can be rapidly produced to translate and disseminate public health recommendations as part of a public health emergency response... - Recommendations for using smallpox vaccine in a pre-event vaccination program. Supplemental recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)Melinda Wharton
Epidemiology and Surveillance Division, National Center for Infectious Diseases, USA
MMWR Recomm Rep 52:1-16. 2003..Revised recommendations will be developed as needed... - The general public's awareness, knowledge, and perceptions of "staph"--with a focus on community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusKristin J Brinsley-Rainisch
Am J Infect Control 35:425-6. 2007 - Low frequency of fires from alcohol-based hand rub dispensers in healthcare facilitiesJohn M Boyce
Department of Medicine, Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 24:618-9. 2003..None of the 798 responding facilities using ABHRs reported a dispenser-related fire; 766 facilities had accrued an estimated 1,430 hospital-years of ABHR use... - Reprocessing and reuse of single-use medical devices used during hemodynamic procedures in Brazil: a widespread and largely overlooked problemJorge M Buchdid Amarante
Hospital Samaritano de São Paulo, Brazil
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 29:854-8. 2008.... - Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infectionsMary Alexander
Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 23:759-69. 2002..CONCLUSION: Successful implementation of these evidence-based interventions can reduce the risk for serious catheter-related infection... - Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infectionsMary Alexander
Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Am J Infect Control 30:476-89. 2002..CONCLUSION: Successful implementation of these evidence-based interventions can reduce the risk for serious catheter-related infection... - Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. The Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, Center for Disese Control and Prevention, u.sMary Alexander
National Institutes of Health, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Pediatrics 110:e51. 2002..These guidelines also identify performance indicators that can be used locally by health-care institutions or organizations to monitor their success in implementing these evidence-based recommendations... - Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. Centers for Disease Control and PreventionMary Alexander
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
MMWR Recomm Rep 51:1-29. 2002..These guidelines also identify performance indicators that can be used locally by health-care institutions or organizations to monitor their success in implementing these evidence-based recommendations...