Infection Prevention

Government and Regulatory Agencies

Georgia Department of Community Health

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange

CMS: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID)

Infection Control Guidelines for Protecting Patients and Healthcare Workers

Infection Control in Healthcare Settings

Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.)

Food and Drug Administration

The Joint Commission (TJC)

Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

National Center for Health Statistics

National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID)

National Health Information Center

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

National Library of Medicine (NLM)

National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance (NNIS)

North Carolina Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology (SPICE)

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

OSHA: Bloodborne Pathogens Standard

U.S. Government Printing Office

Vaccines and Immunizations

APIC National and Chapter Web Sites

APIC Chapter Site Links

The Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (CBIC)

Associations and Organizations

American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC)

American Dental Association (ADA

Organization for Safety & Asepsis Procedures: A Global Dental Safety Organization

American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

AORN: Association of periOperative Registered Nurses

Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI)

The Community and Hospital Infection Control Association - Canada (CHICA - Canada)

International Health-Care Worker Safety Center Univ. of VA.

Hepatitis Foundation International

Hospital Infection Society (HIS- United Kingdom)

Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

Infection Prevention Society (Incorporating the ICNA)

International Federation of Infection Control (IFIC)

National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC)

National Tuberculosis Center

Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)

World Health Organization

Disinfection, Sterilization and Endoscopy

American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE)

Disinfection and Sterilization: Dr. Bill Rutala’s Homepage

Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates (SGNA)

Construction and Facilities Management

American Institute of Architects

Water Quality Association

Epidemiology

HIV Clinical Resources

National HIV/AIDS Clinicians' Consultation Center

The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Medicine and Health: Epidemiology

Tuberculosis

CDC Tuberculosis Website

CDC TB Guidelines

Francis J. Curry National TB Center

TB Infection Control: A Practical Manual for Preventing TB forfree download of manual

Heartland National TB Center

Northeastern Regional TB Training and Consultation Center

Southeastern National TB Center

Food Safety; Hand Hygiene; Healthy Home Environment; Health

CDC - An Ounce of Prevention: Keeps the Germs Away

Food Safety and Inspection Service: Thermy

Gateway to Government Food Safety Information

Handwashing (Tacoma, Washington County Health Department)

Hands on Health South Carolina

SCDHEC Food Protection

SC DHEC Handwashing

University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension in LancasterCounty: Food, Safety, Nutrition and Preparation

U.S. FDA: : Consumers Food Safety and Nutrition Information and Campaigns (CFSAN)