Authors, Acknowledgement, and Disclosure

Authors

Naomi P. O'Grady, M.D.

National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

Mary Alexander, R.N.

Infusion Nurses Society, Norwood, Massachusetts

Lillian A. Burns, M.T., M.P.H., C.I.C.

Greenich Hospital, Greenwich, Connecticut

E. Patchen Dellinger, M.D.

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Jeffery Garland, M.D., S.M.

Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare-St. Joseph, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Stephen O. Heard, M.D.

University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts

Pamela A. Lipsett, M.D.

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Henry Masur, M.D.

National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

Leonard A. Mermel, D.O., Sc.M.

Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island

Michele L. Pearson, M.D.

Office of Infectious Diseases, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia

Issam I. Raad, M.D.

MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

Adrienne Randolph, M.D., M.Sc.

The Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Mark E. Rupp, M.D.

University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska

Sanjay Saint, M.D., M.P.H.

Ann Arbor VA Medical Center and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)

Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)

CHAIRMAN

BRENNAN, Patrick J., MD

Chief Medical Officer

Division of Infectious Diseases

University of Pennsylvania Health System

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

BELL, Michael R., MD

Deputy Director

Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Membership

BRATZLER, Dale, DO, MPH

President and CEO

Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality

BURNS, Lillian A., MT, MPH

Infection Control Coordinator

Greenwich Hospital, Infectious Diseases Department

ELWARD, Alexis, MD

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics Infectious Diseases

Washington University School of Medicine

Department of Pediatrics

Division of Infectious Diseases

HUANG, Susan, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Medical Director, Epidemiology and Infection Prevention

Division of Infectious Diseases

UC Irvine School of Medicine

LUNDSTROM, Tammy, MD, JD

Chief Medical Officer

Providence Hospital

MCCARTER, Yvette S., PhD

Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory

Department of Pathology

University of Florida Health Science Center

MURPHY, Denise M. RN, MPH, CIC

Vice President, Quality and Patient Safety

Main Line Health System

OSTROFF, Stephen, MD

Director, Bureau of Epidemiology

Pennsylvania Department of Health

OLMSTED, Russell N., MPH, CIC

Epidemiologist

Infection Control Services

St. Joseph Mercy Health System

PEGUES, David Alexander, MD

Professor of Medicine, Hospital Epidemiologist

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

PRONOVOST, Peter J., MD, PhD, FCCM

Director, Johns Hopkins Quality and Safety Research Group

Johns Hopkins Quality and Safety Research Group

SOULE, Barbara M., RN, MPA, CIC

Practice Leader

Infection Prevention and Control Services

Joint Commission Resources/Joint Commission International

SCHECTER, William, P., MD

Professor of Surgery

Department of Surgery

San Francisco General Hospital

Ex-Officio Members

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

BAINE, William B., MD

Senior Medical Advisor

Center for Outcomes and Evidence

Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

MILLER, Jeannie, RN, MPH

Deputy Director, Clinical Standards Group

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

MURPHEY, Sheila A., MD

Division of Anesthesiology, General Hospital Infection Control Dental Devices

Center for Devices and Radiology Health

National Institute of Health (NIH)

HENDERSON, David, MD

Deputy Director for Clinical Care

Associate Director for Hospital Epidemiology and Quality Improvement

NIH Clinical Center

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

ROSELLE, Gary A., MD

National Program Director, Infectious Diseases

VA Central Office

Cincinnati VA Medical Center

Liaisons

Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis (ACET)

STRICOF, Rachel L., MPH

American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

RUSSI, Mark, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine

Yale University School of Medicine

Director, Occupational Health

Yale-New Haven Hospital

American Health Care Assn (AHCA)

FITZLER, Sandra L., RN

Senior Director of Clinical Services

American Hospital Association (AHA)

SCHULMAN, Roslyne, MHA, MBA

Director, Policy Development

Association of Professionals of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC)

DeBAUN, Barbara, MSN, RN, CIC

Association of periOperative Registered Nursed (AORN)

BLANCHARD, Joan C., RN, BSN

Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)

KAINER, Marion, MD, MPH

Director, Hospital Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance Program

Tennessee Department Health

Consumers Union

MCGIFFERT, Lisa

Senior Policy Analyst on Health Issues

Project Director Stop Hospital Infections Organization

Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA)

Huskins, W. Charles MD, MSc

Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Mayo Clinic

Public Health Agency of Canada

PATON, Shirley, RN, MN

Senior Advisor Healthcare Acquired Infections

Center for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control

Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)

MARAGAKIS, Lisa, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

John Hopkins Medical Institutions

Society of Hospital Medicine

SAINT, Sanjay, MD, MPH

Director, Ann Arbor VA Medical Center/University of Michigan Patient Safety Enhancement Program

The Joint Commission

WISE, Robert A., MD

Vice President

Division of Standards & Survey Methods

Use of trade names and commercial sources is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Acknowledgement

We wish to acknowledge Ingi Lee, MD, MSCE and Craig A. Umscheid, MD, MSCE from Center for Evidence-based Practice, University of Pennsylvania Health System Philadelphia, PA who performed a systematic review for issues raised the during the guideline process.

Disclosure of Financial Interests and Relationships

N.P.O.’G. served as a board member for the ABIM Subspecialty Board for Critical Care Medicine. M.A. is an employee of the Infusion Nurses Society, Honoraria from 3M, Becton Dickinson, Smiths Medical. L.A.B. is a consultant for Institute of Healthcare Improvement, Board membership for Theradoc, Medline. Honoraria from APIC, Clorox. E.P.D. consulting from Merck, Baxter, Ortho-McNeil, Targanta, Schering-Plough, Optimer, Cadence, Cardinal, BDGeneOhm, WebEx, Cerebrio, and Tyco. Grant support through the NIH. Payment for lecture from Merck. Payment for development of educational presentation from Medscape. Travel and meeting expenses paid for by ASHP, IDSA, ASM, American College of Surgeons, NQF, SHEA/CDC, HHS, Trauma Shock Inflammation and Sepsis Meeting (Munich), University of Minnesota. J.G. Honoria from Ethicon. S.O.H. provides research support from Angiotech; Honoraria from Angiotech, Merck. L.A.M provides research support from Astellas, Theravance, Pfizer; Consulting for Ash Access, Cadence, CorMedix, Catheter Connections, Carefusion, Sage, Bard, Teleflex; Payment for manuscript preparation from Catheter Connections. I.I.R. provides research support from Cubist, Enzon, and Basilea; Consulting for Clorox; Stock Equity or Options in Great Lakes Pharmaceuticalsand Inventive Protocol; Speakers Bureau for Cook, Inc.; Royalty income (patents owned by MD Anderson on which Dr. Raad in an inventor: American Medical Systems, Cook, Inc., Cook urological, Teleflex, TyRx, Medtronic, Biomet, Great Lakes Pharmaceuticals. A.R. consulting income from Eisai Pharmaceuticals, Discovery Laboratories. M.E.R. provides research support from Molnlycke, Cardinal Healthcare Foundation, Sanofi-Pasteur, 3M, and Cubist; Consulting from Semprus; Honorarium for lectures from 3M, Carefusion, Baxter and Becton Dickinson. Previously served on Board of Directors for Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All other authors: no conflicts.