Improving surveillance for ventilator-associated events in adults (2012)

This document, a collaboration between APIC and the CDC, provides an overview and proposed new definition algorithm to improve surveillance for ventilator-associated events in adults. 

APIC - HICPAC surveillance definitions for home healthcare and home hospice infections (2008)

A collaboration between APIC and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides an explanation of the surveillance definitions used in home healthcare and hospice.  

Recommended practices for surveillance (2007)

This American Journal of Infection Control article outlines seven recommended practices for monitoring, measuring, and reporting important outcomes and processes to assist surveillance program development. 

Definitions of infection for surveillance in long-term care facilities (McGeer, 1996)

These definitions are intended specifically for use in facilities that provide 24-hour personal care for residents who require professional nursing supervision.