Guidelines and Guidance Library

Purpose

Infection control guidelines and recommendations for healthcare settings.

Core practices

CDC's Core Infection Prevention and Control Practices for Safe Healthcare Delivery in All Settings

CDC's Core Infection Prevention and Control Practices for Safe Healthcare Delivery in All Settings

Infection Control Basics

Infection control basics in healthcare include standard and transmission-based precautions.

Basic and personnel-specific

Disinfection and Sterilization Guideline

Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities (2008)

Environmental Infection Control Guidelines

Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities (2003)

Isolation Precautions Guideline

Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings (2007)
Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings

Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings (2002)

Guidelines for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings (2002)

Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel: Epidemiology and Control of Selected Infections

Epidemiology and Control of Selected Infections Transmitted Among Healthcare Personnel and Patients ...

Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel: Infrastructure and Routine Practices

Infrastructure and Routine Practices for Occupational Infection Prevention and Control Services (201...

Vaccines for Healthcare Personnel

HIV Occupational Exposure Management

HBV Infected Healthcare Personnel

HBV Protection and Postexposure Management

HCV-exposed HCP Guidance

MMWR. Recommendations and Reports / Vol. 69 / No. 6 / P. 1–8

Antimicrobial resistance

Multidrug-resistant Organisms (MDRO) Management Guidelines

This guideline provides recommendations for management of multidrug-resistant organisms in healthcar...

Medical devices

Intravascular Catheter-related Infection (BSI) Prevention Guidelines

Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections (2011)

Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) Prevention Guideline

Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (2009)

Medical procedures

Organ Transplantation Infection Prevention Guideline

Organ Transplantation Guidelines

Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Prevention Guideline

Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection (2017)

Updated Recommendations on Chlorhexidine-Impregnated (C-I) Dressings

Updated Recommendations on the Use of Chlorhexidine-Impregnated Dressings for Prevention of BSI

Diseases and organisms

Norovirus Prevention and Control Guidelines for Healthcare Settings

Guideline for the Prevention and Control of Norovirus Gastroenteritis Outbreaks in Healthcare Settin...

Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia Prevention Guideline

Guideline for Preventing Health Care-Associated Pneumonia (2003)

Smallpox Pre-event Vaccination

Preventing Transmission of Viral Respiratory Pathogens in Healthcare Settings

Infection control measures to prevent all viral respiratory infections in healthcare settings.

Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

See infection prevention and control (IPC) guidance and practices for healthcare personnel when cari...

Ebola

Information for Clinicians on Ebola disease.

Influenza – A virus (novel)

Interim Guidance for Infection Control Within Healthcare Settings When Caring for Patients with Conf...

Influenza (seasonal)

Prevention Strategies for Seasonal Influenza in Healthcare Settings - CDC

Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Measles in Healthcare Settings

Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Measles in Healthcare Settings

MERS-CoV

This updated guidance continues to recommend standard, contact, and airborne precautions and emphasi...

Tuberculosis (TB)

Links to the TB guidelines for preventing and controlling TB infection, including in health-care set...

Setting-specific

Prevention and Control of Infections in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Patients: Central Line-associated Blood Stream Infections

Guidelines to prevent and control central line-associated blood stream infections in NICU patients.

NICU:S. aureus Prevention and Control Recommendations

Recommendations for Prevention and Control of Infections in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Patients:  ...
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Infection Prevention and Control in Dental Settings

Learn about CDC's guidelines and resources on infection prevention practices in dental settings.

Dialysis – Parenteral Medication Vials

Dialysis – Preventing Infections

Recommendations for Preventing Transmission of Infections Among Chronic Hemodialysis Patients (2001)...

Dialysis – Vaccinating & Chronic Kidney Disease

Basic Infection Control and Prevention Plan for Outpatient Oncology Settings

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Content Source:
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)