Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel

This update, Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel, supersedes sections of Guideline for infection control in healthcare personnel, 1998 (“1998 Guideline”). Additional updated sections are forthcoming.

Infrastructure and Routine Practices for Occupational Infection Prevention and Control Services (2019) is an update of 4 sections of the Guideline for infection control in healthcare personnel, 1998 and their corresponding recommendations:

  • Infection Control Objectives for a Personnel Health Service
  • Elements of a Personnel Health Service for Infection Control
  • Emergency-Response Personnel
  • The Americans With Disabilities Act

Epidemiology and Control of Selected Infections Transmitted Among Healthcare Personnel and Patients is an update of the following sections of Guideline for infection control in healthcare personnel, 1998 (“1998 Guideline”), Part E: Epidemiology and Control of Selected Infections Transmitted Among Health Care Personnel and Patients, and their corresponding recommendations in Part II of the 1998 Guideline:

  • Diphtheria
  • Streptococcus, group A infection
  • Measles
  • Meningococcal disease
  • Mumps
  • Pertussis
  • Rabies
  • Rubella
  • Varicella
  • Pregnant Personnel