Purpose
Infection control guidelines and recommendations for healthcare settings.
Infection prevention and control
CDC's Core Infection Prevention and Control Practices for Safe Healthcare Delivery in All Settings
Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities (2008)
Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities (2003)
Guidelines for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings (2002)
Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings (2007)
Standard precautions make use of common sense practices to prevent the spread of infection in health...
Transmission-based precautions are used when patients already have confirmed or suspected infections.
Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel
Infrastructure and Routine Practices for Occupational Infection Prevention and Control Services (2019)
Epidemiology and Control of Selected Infections Transmitted Among Healthcare Personnel and Patients...
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)
Diseases and organisms
See infection prevention and control (IPC) guidance and practices for healthcare personnel when cari...
Guideline for Preventing Health Care-Associated Pneumonia (2003)
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
Key points These recommendations are intended for healthcare settings. Infection prevention and cont...
Preventing transmission of MERS-CoV in hospitals requires the application of infection control proce...
Containment strategies for novel or targeted multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs).
This guideline provides recommendations for management of multidrug-resistant organisms in healthcar...
Prevention strategies against the spread of novel or targeted multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs).
Guideline for the Prevention and Control of Norovirus Gastroenteritis Outbreaks in Healthcare Settin...
Health care settings should have a tuberculosis infection control plan.
Infection control measures to prevent all viral respiratory infections in healthcare settings.
Setting-specific
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)...
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: S...