Guide for the Prevention of Mediastinitis Surgical Site Infections Following Cardiac Surgery (2008)

Strategies to help infection preventionists minimize the risk of mediastinitis following cardiac surgery procedures:

• Risk factors

• Program interventions

• Mediastinitis prevention recommendations

• Cardiac surgery surveillance methodology

• Process improvement opportunities

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Guide to the Elimination of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs) (2008)

 Resources for the prevention of CAUTIs in acute and long-term care settings, including:

• Problem identification

• Definitions

• Conducting a risk assessment

• Surveillance methodology

• Healthcare reimbursement

• Prevention of CAUTIs

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Guide to the Elimination of Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections (2009)

 Step-by-step guidance for eliminating catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs):

• The difference between CRBSI and central line-associated bloodstream infection

• Pathogenesis, epidemiology, cost, and preventability

• U.S. regulatory and public policy issues

• Public reporting and pay-for-performance

• CRBSI prevention

• National Healthcare Safety Network surveillance

• Monitoring CRBSIs

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Guide to the Elimination of Clostridium difficile in Healthcare Settings (2008)

Comprehensive guidance for the elimination of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in healthcare settings, including:

• Pathogenesis

• CDI in pediatrics 

• Transmission

• Surveillance

• Contact precautions

• Environmental control

• Tiered response to CDI

• Antimicrobial stewardship

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Guide to the Elimination of Infections in Hemodialysis (2010)

Best practices for keeping hemodialysis patients safe from infection, including:

• Infection prevention in hemodialysis

• Environmental and equipment cleaning/disinfection

• Vascular access protection

• PPE guidelines for standard precautions in hemodialysis

• Hepatitis B infection isolation/precautions transmission-based precautions

• Surveillance methodology for dialysis infections

• Employee health

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Guide to the Elimination of Methicillin-Resistant Staphyloccus aureus (MRSA) Transmission in Hospital Settings, 2nd Edition (2010)

Practice guidance for the elimination of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) transmission in hospital settings, including:

• MRSA risk assessment

• MRSA surveillance methodology

• Environmental and equipment decontamination

• Best practice recommendations

• Antimicrobial stewardship

• Antibiogram development and laboratory testing

• MRSA decolonization

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Guide to the Elimination of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the Long-Term Care Facility (2009)

Comprehensive strategies for eliminating MRSA across the entire spectrum of long-term care (LTC) facilities:

• Risk assessment

• Surveillance cultures

• Management of MRSA-positive residents

• Standard/contact precautions

• Environmental and equipment cleaning and disinfection

• Antimicrobial management and stewardship in LTC

• Colonization and decolonization

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Guide to the Elimination of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Transmission in Hospital Settings - California Supplement (2009)

Created to provide California-based hospitals and other healthcare providers with the most recent scientific and regulatory information, including:

• Current California MRSA guidelines

• Local or county guidelines

• Reporting requirements 

• Legislative mandates

• Licensing and certification requirements

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Guide to the Elimination of Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Transmission in Healthcare Settings (2010)

Summary of the latest studies, outbreak experiences, applicable guidelines, and tools to manage and eliminate transmission of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MDR Ab) in healthcare settings:

• Risk assessment

• Surveillance

• Antibiotic stewardship/antibiograms

• Standard precautions

• Transmission-based precautions

• Outbreak recognition and control

• Special settings

Japanese translation - Guide to the Elimination of Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Transmission in Healthcare Settings (2010)

This Japanese translation was supported by a grant from the Moraine Corporation.

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Guide to the Elimination of Orthopedic Surgical Site Infections (2010)

Practical tools, strategies, and resources for infection preventionists, care providers, surgical staff and quality improvement teams; developed with the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN):

• Surveillance

• Outcome reports

• Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) value-based purchasing

• Preoperative preparation

• Perioperative settings

• Postoperative periods

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Guide to the Elimination of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (2009)

Practice guidance to help eliminate ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP):

• Problem identification

• Surveillance definitions

• Risk assessment

• Surveillance plan

• Prevention strategies

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