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
Infection control basics in healthcare include standard and transmission-based precautions.
Basic and personnel-specific
Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities (2008)
Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities (2003)
Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings (2007)
Guidelines for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings (2002)
Epidemiology and Control of Selected Infections Transmitted Among Healthcare Personnel and Patients ...
Infrastructure and Routine Practices for Occupational Infection Prevention and Control Services (201...
MMWR. Recommendations and Reports / Vol. 69 / No. 6 / P. 1–8
Antimicrobial resistance
This guideline provides recommendations for management of multidrug-resistant organisms in healthcar...
Medical devices
Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections (2011)
Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (2009)
Medical procedures
Organ Transplantation Guidelines
Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection (2017)
Updated Recommendations on the Use of Chlorhexidine-Impregnated Dressings for Prevention of BSI
Diseases and organisms
Guideline for the Prevention and Control of Norovirus Gastroenteritis Outbreaks in Healthcare Settin...
Guideline for Preventing Health Care-Associated Pneumonia (2003)
Infection control measures to prevent all viral respiratory infections in healthcare settings.
See infection prevention and control (IPC) guidance and practices for healthcare personnel when cari...
Information for Clinicians on Ebola disease.
Interim Guidance for Infection Control Within Healthcare Settings When Caring for Patients with Conf...
Prevention Strategies for Seasonal Influenza in Healthcare Settings - CDC
Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Measles in Healthcare Settings
This updated guidance continues to recommend standard, contact, and airborne precautions and emphasi...
Links to the TB guidelines for preventing and controlling TB infection, including in health-care set...
Setting-specific
Guidelines to prevent and control central line-associated blood stream infections in NICU patients.
Recommendations for Prevention and Control of Infections in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Patients: ...
Learn about CDC's guidelines and resources on infection prevention practices in dental settings.
Recommendations for Preventing Transmission of Infections Among Chronic Hemodialysis Patients (2001)...