Appendix 3: Contributors and Acknowledgements

Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel: Epidemiology and Control of Selected Infections Transmitted Among Healthcare Personnel and Patients (2024)

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Appendix 3: Contributors and Acknowledgements of the Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel: Epidemiology and Control of Selected Infections Transmitted Among Healthcare Personnel and Patients (2024) guideline.

Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) contributors

HICPAC Members

Deverick Anderson, MD, MPH, Duke University Medical Center; Hilary M. Babcock, MD, MPH, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis; Vickie M. Brown, RN, MPH, WakeMed Health & Hospitals; Kristina Bryant, MD, University of Louisville School of Medicine; Vineet Chopra, MBBS, MD, MSc, FACP, FHM, The University of Michigan Health System; Nicholas Daniels, MD, MPH, University of California, San Diego; Elaine Dekker, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital & Trauma Center; Daniel J. Diekema, MD, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine; Mohamad Fakih, MD, MPH, Ascension; Loretta L. Fauerbach, MS, CIC, Fauerbach & Associates, LLC; Judith Guzman-Cottrill, DO, Oregon Health & Science University; Michael D. Howell, MD, MPH, Google Research, Google; W. Charles Huskins, MD, MSc, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; Lynn Janssen, MS, California Department of Public Health; Colleen Kraft, MD, MSc, Emory University School of Medicine; Jennie H. Kwon, DO, MSCI, Washington University; Michael Lin, MD, MPH, Rush University School of Medicine; Lisa Maragakis, MD, MPH, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Jan Patterson, MD, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio; Michael Anne Preas, RN, University of Maryland Medical Center; JoAnne Reifsnyder, PhD, MBA, MSN, Genesis HealthCare; Selwyn O. Rogers Jr, MD, MPH, The University of Chicago; Erica Shenoy, MD, PhD, Mass General Brigham; Sheri Chernetsky Tejedor, MD, Emory University School of Medicine; David Jay Weber, MD, MPH, University of North Carolina School of Medicine; Sharon Wright, MD, MPH, Beth Israel Lahey Health; Deborah S. Yokoe, MD, MPH, University of California, San Francisco

HICPAC ex officio Members

Yvonne Chow, MPP, Health Resources & Services Administration; Elizabeth Claverie-Williams, MS, U.S. Food & Drug Administration; LCDR Matthew Ellis, USPHS; MPH, CIC, REHS, Indian Health Service; Megan Hayden, RN, MS, CNS, CIC, CPH, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; David Henderson, MD, National Institutes of Health; Stephen Kralovic, MD, MPH, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Leyi Lin, MD, FACP, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Jonathan Merrell, RN, BNS, MBA, Indian Health Services; Melissa Miller, BSN, MD, MS, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Tara N. Palmore, MD, National Institutes of Health; Jimi Risse, RN, Indian Health Service; Gary Roselle, MD, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Daniel Schwartz, MD, MBA, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; LCDR Scott Steffen, PhD, CQIA, CQI, Food and Drug Administration; Judith Trawick, Health Resources & Services Administration

HICPAC Liaison Representatives

Lilian Abbo, MD, MBA, Infectious Disease Society of America; Hilary Babcock, MD, MPH, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America; Kristina Bryant, MD, American Society of Nephrology; Natalie Bruce, MScN, BScN, Public Health Agency of Canada; Darlene Carey, MSN, RN, Association of Professionals of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.; Holly Carpenter, RN, American Nurses Association; Paul T. Conway, American Association of Kidney Patients; Craig Coopersmith, MD, Society of Critical Care Medicine; Patti Costello MT-CHEST, MT-CSCT, American Hospital Association; Eve Cuny, MS, Organization for Safety, Asepsis, and Prevention; Karen deKay, MSN, RN, CNOR, CIC, Association of periOperative Registered Nurses; Elaine Dekker, RN, BSN, America’s Essential Hospitals; Louise M. Dembry, MD, MS, MBA, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America; Jasmine Dhindsa, MD, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Kathleen Dunn, BScN, MN, RN, Public Health Agency of Canada; Kristen Ehresmann, RN, MPH, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials; Ashely Fell, MPH, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologist; Maryellen Guinan, Esq, America’s Essential Hospitals; Hana E. Hinkle, PhD, MPH, National Rural Health Association; Marion Kainer, MD, MPH, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists; Jason Kane, MD, Society for Critical Care Medicine; Keith Kaye, MD, MPH, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America; Alan Kliger, MD, American Society of Nephrology; Evelyn Knoelle, American Hospital Association; Jacqueline Lawler, MPH, National Association of County and City Health Officials; Chris Lombardozzi, MD, America’s Essential Hospitals; Emily Lutterloh, MD, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials; Lisa McGiffert, Patient Safety Action Network; Jennifer Meddings, MD, MSc, Society of Hospital Medicine; Sharon Morgan, RN, American Nurses Association; Ronnell Myburgh, RN, MBA, DNV; Dana Nguyen, BSN, RN, National Association of County and City Health Officials; Adina Popalyar, RN, MPH, Public Health Agency of Canada; Silvia Quevedo, CCC-SLP, CAE, Association of Professionals of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.; Karen Ravin, MD, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society; Mark Russi, MD, MPH, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine; Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH, Society of Hospital Medicine; Robert G. Sawyer, MD, Surgical Infection Society; Christa Schorr, DNP, MSN, Society for Critical Care Medicine; Benjamin Schwartz, MD, National Association of County and City Health Officials; Jennifer Selkirk, Public Health Agency of Canada; Andrea Shane, MD, MPH, Pediatric Infectious Disease Society; Sarah Smathers, MPH, CIC, FAPIC, Association of Professionals of Infection Control and Epidemiology; Kathryn Spates, The Joint Commission; Linda Spaulding, RN, DNV; Lisa Spruce, RN, DNP, Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses; Lisa Tomlinson, Association of Professionals of Infection Control and Epidemiology; Pamela Truscott, MSN, RN, American Health Care Association; Margaret VanAmringe, MHS, The Joint Commission; Valerie Vaughn, MD, Society of Hospital Medicine; Stephen Weber, MD, Infectious Diseases Society of America; Elizabeth Wick, MD, American College of Surgeons; Amber Wood, MSN, RN, Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses

Acknowledgments

In addition to the contributors for each section of this Guideline Update, the authors wish to thank: Michael L. Tapper, MD, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY; Michael Bell, MD, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP), National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), CDC; Erin Stone, MPH, MA, DHQP, NCEZID, CDC; Anna Acosta, MD, Division Of Bacterial Diseases (DBD), National Center For Immunization And Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), CDC; Fiona Havers, MS, MHS, DBD, NCIRD, CDC; Sarah Mbaeyi, MD, MPH, DBD, NCIRD, CDC; Brett W. Petersen, MD, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology (DHCPP), NCEZID, CDC; Agam K. Rao, MD, DHCPP, NCEZID, CDC; Tami H. Skoff, MS, DBD, NCIRD, CDC; Tejpratap Tiwari, MD, DBD, NCIRD, CDC; Chris A. Van Beneden, MD, MPH, DBD, NCIRD, CDC; Ryan Wallace, DVM, DHCPP, NCEZID, CDC; Paul A. Gastanaduy, MD, Division of Viral Diseases (DVD), NCIRD, CDC; Tatiana M. Lanzieri, MD, MPH, DVD, NCIRD, CDC; Mona Marin, MD, DVD, NCIRD, CDC; Jessica Leung, MPH, DVD, NCIRD, CDC; Kiran Perkins, MD, Prevention and Response Branch (PRB), DHQP, NCEZID, CDC; Thomas Filardo, MD, DVD, NCIRD, CDC

Declarations of Interest

None of the Workgroup members reported financial or intellectual interests related to the topics in this review except for the following:

  • Hilary Babcock: Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America liaison to HICPAC.
  • Ruth Carrico: Speaker and consultant for Pfizer; speaker for Sanofi Pasteur; consultant for Medscape; speaker and workgroup member of the Gerontological Society iCAMP workshop committee; recipient of research award from Pfizer and research subaward from CDC (via Catholic Charities).
  • Mark Russi: American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) liaison to HICPAC.
  • Thomas R. Talbot: Spouse receives research support from Sanofi Pasteur, Medimmune, and Gilead and serves on advisory committee for Novartis.
  • David J. Weber: Consultant and speaker for Pfizer and Merck.