This is a selection of the guidelines published and distributed for free by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta, Georgia), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Panamerican Health Organization (PAHO), the International Federation of Infection Control (IFIC), and others.
|
Clicking "See Guide"you will be able to open pdf files ,"Save"allows you to save a ZIP file in your computer.
To view the guidelines it is necessary to have Acrobat Reader.
IMPORTANT: the guidelines are in the same language as they were originally published. |
|
1. Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections 2009- CDC - November 4th, 2009
| See Guideline | Save | |
2. APPENDICES- Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections 2009- CDC - November 4th, 2009
| See Guideline | Save | |
3. Guidelines for the provision and assessment of nutrition support therapy in the adult critically ill patient: Society of Critical Care Medicine and American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutritio - May 2009
| See Guideline | Save | |
4. Safe Practices for Better Healthcare–2009 Update. NQF. - May 2009
| See Guideline | Save | |
5. Natural Ventilation for Infection Control in Health-Care Settings. World Health Organization - 2009
| See Guideline | Save | |
6. Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Candidiasis: 2009 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. IDSA. - January 2009
| See Guideline | Save | |
7. Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities, 2008 . CDC. - November 2008
| See Guideline | Save | |
8. Strategies to Prevent Surgical Site Infections in Acute Care Hospitals. SHEA/IDSA. - October 2008
| See Guideline | Save | |
9. Strategies to Prevent Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Acute Care Hospitals. SHEA/IDSA - October 2008
| See Guideline | Save | |
10. Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation of Fever and Infection in Older Adult Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities: 2008 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. IDSA. - October 2008
| See Guideline | Save | |
11. Improving Patient Safety Through Infection Control:A New Healthcare Imperative. SHEA. - October 2008
| See Guideline | Save | |
12. Strategies to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Acute Care Hospitals. SHEA/IDSA. - October 2008
| See Guideline | Save | |
13. Strategies to Prevent Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Acute Care Hospitals. SHEA/IDSA. - October 2008
| See Guideline | Save | |
14. Strategies to Prevent Transmission of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Acute Care Hospitals. SHEA/IDSA. - October 2008
| See Guideline | Save | |
15. Strategies to Prevent Clostridium difï¬cile Infections in Acute Care Hospitals. SHEA/IDSA. - September 2008
| See Guideline | Save | |
16. National VoluntaryConsensus Standardsfor the Reporting ofHealthcare-AssociatedInfection Data. NQF. - July 2008
| See Guideline | Save | |
17. A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-AssociatedInfections in Acute Care Hospitals. SHEA. - June 2008
| See Guideline | Save | |
18. Manual de esterilización para centros de salud. Organización Panamericana de la Salud - 2008
| See Guideline | Save | |
19. Guidelines for evaluation of new fever in critically ill adultpatients: 2008 update from the American College of Critical CareMedicine and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. SCCM. - April 2008
| See Guideline | Save | |
20. Recommendations for the diagnosis and management of corticosteroidinsufficiency in critically ill adult patients: Consensus statements from aninternational task force by the American College of - March 2008
| See Guideline | Save | |
21. Treatment of Aspergillosis: Clinical PracticeGuidelines of the Infectious Diseases Societyof America. IDSA. - February 2008
| See Guideline | Save | |
22. Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International guidelines formanagement of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2008. SCCM. - February 2008
| See Guideline | Save | |
23. Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings 2007. CDC. - June 2007
| See Guideline | Save | |
24. Guideline for Isolation Precautions : Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings 2007. CDC. - June 2007
| See Guideline | Save | |
25. Guide to the Elimination of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Transmission in Hospital Settings. Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). - March 2007
| See Guideline | Save | |
26. Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Guidelines for Developing an Institutional Program to Enhance Antimicrobial Stewardship. SHEA and IDSA. - January 2007
| See Guideline | Save | |
27. Legislative Mandates for Use of Active Surveillance Culturesto Screen for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci: Position Statement.SHEA and APIC. - 2007
| See Guideline | Save | |
28. Essentials of Public Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infections: A Tool Kit. ICHE (Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology). - January 2007
| See Guideline | Save | |
29. Health clearance for tuberculosis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV: New healthcare workers. Department of Health, UK. - 2007
| See Guideline | Save | |
30. Guía para la prevención y el control de las infecciones en servicios de salud, dirigida a estudiantes de las carreras de ciencias de la salud. Organización Panamericana de la Salud. - 2007
| See Guideline | Save | |
31. Infecciones Hospitalarias- Legislación en América Latina. Organización Panamericana de la Salud. - 2007
| See Guideline | Save | |
32. TUBERCULOSIS and AIR TRAVEL GUIDELINES for prevention and control. World Health Organization. - 2006
| See Guideline | Save | |
33. Management of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Healthcare Settings. CDC - 2006
| See Guideline | Save | |
34. Home Hygiene in Developing Countries Prevention of infection in the home and theperi-domestic setting. The International Scientific Forum on Home Hygiene. - 2006
| See Guideline | Save | |
35. Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Workers, and Vaccine Allocation for Healthcare Workers During Vaccine Shortages. SHEA Position Paper. - November 2005
| See Guideline | Save | |
36. Nosocomial Infection Program Rapid Evaluation Guide. Pan American Health Organization. - July 2005
| See Guideline | Save | |
37. Guía de evaluación rápida de programas de infecciones intrahospitalarias. Organización Panamericana de la Salud - Julio de 2005
| See Guideline | Save | |
38. WHO Policy Perspectives on Medicines- Containing antimicrobial resistance. World Health Organization. - April 2005
| See Guideline | Save | |
39. WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care: A Summary. World Health Organization. - 2005
| See Guideline | Save | |
40. Directrices de la OMS sobre el lavado de manos en la atención sanitaria. Organización Mundial de la Salud. - 2005
| See Guideline | Save | |
41. Guidelines for Hand Hygiene in Irish Health Care Settings. SARI Infection Control Subcommittee. - 2005
| See Guideline | Save | |
42. The Control and Prevention of MRSA in Hospitals and in the Community. SARI Infection Control Subcommittee. - 2005
| See Guideline | Save | |
43. Guidance on Public Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infections: Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. (AJIC) American Journal of Infection Control. - 2005
| See Guideline | Save | |
44. Hepatitis B Infected Health Care Workers. Department of Health, UK. - 2005
| See Guideline | Save | |
45. HIV Infected Health Care Workers: Guidance on Management andPatient Notification. Department of Health, UK. - 2005
| See Guideline | Save | |
46. Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule. CDC. - January 16th, 2004
| See Guideline | Save | |
47. Guidelines on minimizing the risk of Irish Health caresetting. NDSC. - 2004
| See Guideline | Save | |
48. Guidelines for Hand Hygiene in Irish Health Care Settings. SARI Infection Control Subcommittee. - 2004
| See Guideline | Save | |
49. Audit Tools for Monitoring Infection Control Standards 2004. Infection Control Nurses Association - 2004
| See Guideline | Save | |
50. Guía para el tratamiento de las enfermedades infecciosas. Organización Panamericana de la Salud. - 2004
| See Guideline | Save | |
51. Infection control guidelines. Australian Government. - January 2004
| See Guideline | Save | |
52. Key Indicators. HIS/ICNA/DoH Working Group, 2001 -2003. - 2004
| See Guideline | Save | |
53. Guidelines on critical care services and personnel:Recommendations based on a system of categorization of threelevels of care. SCCM. - November 2003
| See Guideline | Save | |
54. Clinical practice guidelines for the maintenance of patient physicalsafety in the intensive care unit: Use of restraining therapies—American College of Critical Care Medicine Task Force 2001–2002. SCC - November 2003
| See Guideline | Save | |
55. Multi-society Guideline for Reprocessing Flexible Gastrointestinal Endoscopes. ICHE (Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology). - July 2003
| See Guideline | Save | |
56. Infection Control Recommendations for Patients with Cystic Fibrosis: Microbiology, Important Pathogens, and Infection Control Practices to Prevent Patient-to-Patient Transmission. ICHE (Infection Cont - May 2003
| See Guideline | Save | |
57. SHEA Guideline for Preventing Nosocomial Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Strains of Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus. ICHE (Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology). - May 2003
| See Guideline | Save | |
58. Guidelines for Preventing Health-Care - Associated Pneumonia. CDC. - 2003
| See Guideline | Save | |
59. Prevención de las Infecciones Nosocomiales- Guía Práctica. Organización Mundial de la Salud - 2003
| See Guideline | Save | |
60. Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities. CDC and HICPAC. - 2003
| See Guideline | Save | |
61. Guidelines for the Prevention of IntravascularCatheter–Related Infections. CID. - December 2002
| See Guideline | Save | |
62. Prevention of hospital-acquired infections. A practical guide 2nd edition. World Health Organization - 2002
| See Guideline | Save | |
63. Clostridium difficile in Long-Term-Care Facilitiesfor the Elderly. ICHE (Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology). - November 2002
| See Guideline | Save | |
64. Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings. MMWR. - October 2002
| See Guideline | Save | |
65. Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings. CDC. - 25th October, 2002
| See Guideline | Save | |
66. Prevention of Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease. CDC. - 16th August, 2002
| See Guideline | Save | |
67. Guidelines for the Prevention of IntravascularCatheter-Related Infections. MMWR. - August 2002
| See Guideline | Save | |
68. Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections. CDC. - 9th August, 2002
| See Guideline | Save | |
69. Guidelines for Quality Standardsfor Immunization. IDSA. - August 2002
| See Guideline | Save | |
70. Guidelines for Preventing Opportunistic Infections Among HIV-Infected Persons, 2002. CDC. - 14th June, 2002
| See Guideline | Save | |
71. Guidelines for Using Antiretroviral Agents Among HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents. CDC. - 17th May, 2002
| See Guideline | Save | |
72. Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines, 2002. CDC. - 10th May, 2002
| See Guideline | Save | |
73. Prevention and Control of Influenza. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). CDC. - 12th April, 2002
| See Guideline | Save | |
74. Guidelines on Prevention and Control of Hospital Associated Infections. World Health Organization. - January 2002
| See Guideline | Save | |
75. Protocol for Calculating the Cost of Hospital Infections. Pan American Health Organization. - 2002
| See Guideline | Save | |
76. Needlestick Prevention Guide. American Nurses Association. - 2002
| See Guideline | Save | |
77. Evidence-Based Guidelines for Weaning and DiscontinuingVentilatory Support. CHEST. - December 2001
| See Guideline | Save | |
78. Updated U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to HBV, HCV, and HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis. CDC. - 29th June, 2001
| See Guideline | Save | |
79. Guidelines for the Management of IntravascularCatheter–Related Infections. Infectious Diseases Society of America. - April 2001
| See Guideline | Save | |
80. Guidelines for the Management of IntravascularCatheter–Related Infections. CID. - April 2001
| See Guideline | Save | |
81. Infection control programmes to contain antimicrobial resistance. World Health Organization. - 2001
| See Guideline | Save | |
82. Guidelines for Preventing Opportunistic Infections Among Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients. CDC. - 20th October, 2000
| See Guideline | Save | |
83. Practice Guidelines for the Management of Cryptococcal Disease. Infectious Diseases Society of America. - April 2000
| See Guideline | Save | |
84. WHO Infection Control Guidelines for Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies. World Health Organization - 1999
| See Guideline | Save | |
85. Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999. CDC. - January, 1999
| See Guideline | Save | |
86. Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Health-Care Worker Exposures to HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis - CDC. - 15th May, 1998
| See Guideline | Save | |
87. Requirements for Infrastructure and Essential Activities of Infection Control and Epidemiology in Hospitals: A Consensus Panel Report. ICHE (Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology). - February 1998
| See Guideline | Save | |
88. Guidance for Clinical Health Care Workers: Protection Against Infection with Blood-borne Viruses. Department of Health, UK. - 1998
| See Guideline | Save | |
89. Infection Prevention and Control in the Long-Term-Care Facility. ICHE (Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology). - December 1997
| See Guideline | Save | |
90. How to Select and Interpret Molecular Strain Typing Methods for Epidemiological Studies of Bacterial Infections: A Review for Healthcare Epidemiologists. ICHE (Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiol - June 1997
| See Guideline | Save | |
91. Management of Healthcare Workers Infected With Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, or Other Bloodborne Pathogens. ICHE (Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology). - May 1997
| See Guideline | Save | |
92. SHEA and Infectious Diseases Society of Americ Joint Committee on the Prevention of Antimicrobial Resistance: Guidelines for the Prevention of Antimicrobial Resistance. ICHE (Infection Control and Hos - April 1997
| See Guideline | Save | |
93. 1998 Guidelines for Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. CDC. - 23rd January, 1997
| See Guideline | Save | |
94. Guidelines for Prevention of Nosocomial Pneumonia. CDC. - 3rd January, 1997
| See Guideline | Save | |
95. APIC Guideline for Selection and Use of Disinfectants. AJIC (American Journal of Infection Control) - August 1996
| See Guideline | Save | |
96. Prevention of Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease: A Public Health Perspective. CDC. - 31st May, 1996
| See Guideline | Save | |
97. Antimicrobial Resistance in Long-Term-Care Facilities. ICHE (Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology). - February 1996
| See Guideline | Save | |
98. An Approach to the Evaluation of Quality Indicators of the Outcome of Care in Hospitalized Patients, With a Focus on Nosocomial Infection Indicators. ICHE (Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology) - May 1995
| See Guideline | Save | |
99. Guidelines for Intensive Care Unit Design. SCCM. - March 1995
| See Guideline | Save | |
100. Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Facilities. CDC. - 28th October, 1994
| See Guideline | Save | |
101. Medical Waste. ICHE (Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology). - January 1992
| See Guideline | Save | |
102. Guidelines for Standards of Care for Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure on Mechanical Ventilatory Support . SCCM. - February 1991
| See Guideline | Save | |
