Surveillance Definitions, Reports and Recommendations
Teresa C. Horan, MPH; Mary Andrus, FN, BA, CIC; Margaret QA. Dudeck,
MPH; CDC/NHSN
Surveillance Definition of health care-associated infection and criteria
for specific types of infections in the acute care setting.
August 23, 2004: On May 20, 2004, the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) published a final rule establishing donor
eligibility criteria for donors of human cells, tissues, and cellular
and tissue-based products, to help prevent the transmission of
communicable disease when these products are transplanted. Simultaneous
to the issuance of this final rule, the FDA released a draft guidance
providing recommendations for complying with the requirements of its
donor eligibility rule. On August 23, 2004, APIC submitted formal
comment on this proposed guidance document. To view the APIC
comments, click here.
Updated - APIC Home
Care Membership Section. Definitions for surveillance of infections in home
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LE, Peppler C, Rivera A, Schollenberger DG, Simor AE, Smith PW, Wang
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Olmsted RN, ed:APIC Infection Control and Applied Epidemiology:
Principles and Practice. St. Louis: Mosby; 1996:pp. A-1-A-20. Please see
the following link for updated CDC Definitions for Nosocomial
Infections, 2004: CDC definitions
updates and revisions
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(ICARE) Surveillance Report, data summary from January 1996 through
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