Authors, Acknowledgement, Disclosure

Guideline for the Prevention and Control of Norovirus Gastroenteritis Outbreaks in Healthcare Settings (2011)

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Authors, Acknowledgement, Disclosure from the Guideline for the Prevention and Control of Norovirus Gastroenteritis Outbreaks in Healthcare Settings (2011).

Authors

Taranisia MacCannell, PhD, MSc (Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA)

Craig A. Umscheid, MD, MSCE; Rajender K. Agarwal, MD, MPH; Ingi Lee, MD, MSCE; Gretchen Kuntz, MSW, MSLIS (Center for Evidence-based Practice, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA)

Kurt B. Stevenson, MD, MPH (Division of Infectious Diseases ,The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH)

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

Philadelphia, PA

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

BELL, Michael R., MD

Deputy Director

Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Atlanta, GA

MEMBERS

BRATZLER, Dale, DO, MPH

President and CEO

Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality

Oklahoma City, OK

BURNS, Lillian A., MT, MPH

Director Infection Control/Epidemiology

Staten Island University Hospital

Staten Island, NY

ELWARD, Alexis, MD

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics Infectious Diseases

Washington University School of Medicine

St. Louis, MO

HUANG, Susan, MD, MPH

UC Irvine School of Medicine

Division of Infectious Diseases

Orange, CA

LUNDSTROM, Tammy, MD, JD

Chief Medical Officer

Providence Hospital

Southfield, MI

MCCARTER, Yvette S., PhD

Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory

Department of Pathology

University of Florida Health Science Center

Jacksonville, FL

MURPHY, Denise M. MPH, RN, CIC

Vice President, Quality and Patient Safety

Main Line Health System

Bryn Mawr, PA

OLMSTED, Russell N. MPH

Epidemiologist

Infection Control Services

St. Joseph Mercy Health System

Ann Arbor, MI

OSTROFF, Stephen, M.D.

Director, Bureau of Epidemiology

Pennsylvania Department of Health

Harrisburg, PA

PEGUES, David Alexander, MD

Professor of Medicine, Hospital Epidemiologist

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

PRONOVOST, Peter J. M.D., Ph.D., F.C.C.M.

Director, Johns Hopkins Quality and Safety Research Group

Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

SCHECTER, William, P., MD

Professor of Surgery

Department of Surgery

San Francisco General Hospital

San Francisco, CA

SOULE, Barbara M., RN, MPA, CIC

Practice Leader

Infection Prevention and Control Services

Joint Commission Resources/Joint Commission International

Olympia, Washington

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

BAINE, William B., MD

Senior Medical Advisor

Center for Outcomes and Evidence

Rockville, MD

Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

MILLER, Jeannie, RN, MPH

Deputy Director, Clinical Standards Group

Baltimore, MD

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

MURPHEY, Sheila A., MD

Infection Control Devices Branch

Division of Anesthesiology, General Hospital Infection Control Dental Devices

Center for Devices and Radiology Health

Rockville, MD

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

MOORE, Paul D., Ph.D

Senior Health Policy Advisor

Health Resources and Services Administration

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Office of Rural Health Policy

Rockville, MD

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

HENDERSON, David, MD

Deputy Director for Clinical Care

Associate Director for Hospital Epidemiology and Quality Improvement

NIH Clinical Center

Bethesda, MD

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

ROSELLE, Gary A., MD

National Program Director, Infectious Diseases

VA Central Office

Cincinnati VA Medical Center

Cincinnati, OH

LIAISONS

Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis (ACET)

STRICOF, Rachel L., MPH

Albany, New York

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

New Haven, CT

American Health Care Assn (AHCA)

FITZLER, Sandra L., RN

Senior Director of Clinical Services

Washington, DC

American Hospital Association (AHA)

SCHULMAN, Roslyne, MHA, MBA

Senior Associate Director, Policy Development

Washington, DC

Association of periOperative Registered Nursed (AORN)

BLANCHARD, Joan C., RN, BSN, MSS, CNOR, CIC

Denver, CO

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

DeBAUN, Barbara, MSN, RN, CIC

San Francisco, CA

Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)

KAINER, Marion MD, MPH

Director, Hospital Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance Program

Tennessee Department Health

Nashville, TN

Consumers Union

MCGIFFERT, Lisa

Senior Policy Analyst on Health Issues

Project Director, Stop Hospital Infections Organization

Yonkers, NY

Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

HUSKINS, W. Charles M.D., M.Sc.

Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

College of Medicine

Rochester, MN

Public Health Agency of Canada

PATON, Shirley, RN, MN

Senior Technical Advisor Healthcare Acquired Infections

Center for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control

Ottawa, Ontario

Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)

MARAGAKIS, Lisa, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

John Hopkins Medical Institutions

Baltimore, MD

Society of Critical Care Medicine

William A. Brock, MD, FCCM, FCCP, FACP

Mount Prospect, IL

Society of Hospital MedicineSAINT, Sanjay, MD, MPH

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

Ann Arbor VA Medical Center

Ann Arbor, Michigan

The Joint Commission

WISE, Robert A., MD

Vice President

Division of Standards & Survey Methods

Oakbrook Terrace, IL

Acknowledgement

HICPAC thanks the following members who served on the HICPAC Norovirus Gastroenteritis Guideline writing group during the guideline development process: Alexis Elward and Keith M. Ramsey.

HICPAC thanks the following experts for reviewing a draft of this guideline: John Boyce, Hospital of St. Raphael, New Haven, CT; Aron Hall, NCIRD, CDC; L. Clifford McDonald, DHQP, CDC; and Umesh Parashar, NCIRD, CDC. The opinions of the reviewers might not be reflected in all of the recommendations contained in this document.

Disclosure of Financial Interests and Relationships

The authors T.M., C.A.U., R.K.A., I.L., G.K., and K.B.S. report no actual or potential conflicts of interest. C.A.U., R.K.A. and I.L. received funding from the CDC to support the guideline development process.