Authors

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

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Authors from the Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities (2003).

Authors

The following CDC staff member and HICPAC member prepared this report:

Lynne Sehulster, PhDDivision of Healthcare Quality PromotionNational Center for Infectious Diseases

Raymond Y.W. Chinn, MDHICPAC AdvisorSharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego, California

Disclosure of Relationship: Raymond Y.W. Chinn is a private-practice physician and salaried employee of Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego, California. Dr. Chinn received no research funds from commercial sources either directly, or indirectly through awards made to the hospital, before or during the development of these guidelines.

CDC Staff Contributions

Contributions were made by the following CDC staff members:

Matthew Arduino, DrPH; Joe Carpenter, PE; Rodney Donlan, PhD; Lynne Sehulster, PhD

Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion

National Center for Infectious Diseases

David Ashford, DVM, Dsc, MPH; Richard Besser, MD; Barry Fields, PhD; Michael M. McNeil, MBBS, MPH; Cynthia Whitney, MD, MPH; Stephanie Wong, DMV, MPH

Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases

National Center for Infectious Diseases

Dennis Juranek, DVM, MSC

Division of Parasitic Diseases

National Center for Infectious Diseases

Jennifer Cleveland, DDS, MPH

Division of Oral Health

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

HICPAC Members

In collaboration with the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)

HICPAC Members, February 2002

Robert A. Weinstein, MD

Chair

Cook County Hospital

Chicago, IL

Michele L. Pearson, MD

Executive Secretary

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Atlanta, GA

Alfred DeMaria, Jr., MD

Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Jamaica Plain, MA

James T. Lee, MD, PhD

University of Minnesota

VA Medical Center

William A. Rutala, PhD, MPH, CIC

University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Chapel Hill, NC

Beth H. Stover, RN, CIC

Kosair Children's Hospital

Louisville, KY

Jane D. Siegel, MD

Co-Chair

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, TX

Raymond Y.W. Chinn, MD

Sharp Memorial Hospital

San Diego, CA

Elaine L. Larson, RN, PhD

Columbia University School of Nursing

New York, NY

Ramon E. Moncada, MD

Coronado Physician's Medical Center

Coronado, CA St. Paul, MN

William E. Scheckler, MD

University of Wisconsin Medical School

Madison, WI

Marjorie A. Underwood, RN, BSN, CIC

Mt. Diablo Medical Center

Concord, CA

Liaison Members

Loretta L. Fauerbach, MS, CIC

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)

Washington, DC

Dorothy M. Fogg, RN, BSN, MA

Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)

Denver, CO

Chiu S. Lin, PhD

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Rockville, MD

Sandra L. Fitzler, RN

American Health Care Association

Washington, DC

Stephen F. Jencks, MD, MPH

U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Baltimore, MD

James P. Steinberg, MD

Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Inc. (SHEA)

Atlanta, GA

Michael L. Tapper, MD

Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Tuberculosis (ACET)

New York, NY

Expert Reviewers

Trisha Barrett, RN, MBA, CIC

Alta Bates Medical Center

Berkeley, CA

Michael Berry

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, NC

Walter W. Bond, MS

RCSA, Inc.

Lawrenceville, GA

Douglas Erickson, FASHE

American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE)

Park Ridge, IL

Richard Miller, MD

University of Louisville School of Medicine

Louisville, KY

Gina Pugliese, RN, MS

Premier Safety Institute

Oak Brook, IL

James D. Scott, PE

Michigan Department of Consumer and Industry Services

Lansing, MI

Dale Woodin

American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE)

Chicago, IL

Judene Bartley, MS, MPH, CIC

Epidemiology Consulting Services, Inc.

Beverly Hills, MI

Col. Nancy Bjerke, BSN, MA, MEd, MPH, CIC (USAF, Retired)

Infection Control Associates (ICA)

San Antonio, TX

Cheryl Carter, RN

University of Iowa Health Center

Iowa City, IA

Martin S. Favero, PhD

Advanced Sterilization Products, Johnson and Johnson

Irvine, CA

Col. Shannon E. Mills, DDSHQ

USAF / Surgeon General Detail

Bolin AFB, DC

Craig E. Rubens, MD, PhD

Children's Hospital and Medical Center

Seattle, WA

Andrew J. Streifel, MPH, REHS

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN