• CDC Infrastructure and Routine Practices for Occupational Infection Prevention and Control Services

    This document, Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel: Infrastructure and Routine Practices for Occupational Infection Prevention and Control Services, is an update of four sections of Part I of the Guideline for infection control in health care personnel, 1998 (“1998 Guideline”) (https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/11563) and their corresponding recommendations in Part II: C. Infection Control Objectives for a Personnel Health Service; D. Elements of a Personnel Health Service for Infection Control; H. Emergency-Response Personnel; and J. The Americans With Disabilities Act.

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  • COVID-19 Infection Control Guidance by the CDC

    Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

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  • STRIVE Environmental Services Training Modules and Tools

    Through funding provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the States Targeting Reduction in Infections via Engagement (STRIVE) program, four modules were developed to support training for environmental services technicians by APIC subject matter experts and reviewed by subject matter experts from the Association for the Health Care Environment (AHE)

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  • APIC Recommendations for Balancing Patient Safety and Pandemic Response

    A Call to Action on Improving our National Strategy for Pandemic Preparedness and Patient Safety APIC’s infection preventionist members have always played a pivotal role in maintaining the health of patients, employees, and visitors to healthcare facilities, and communities at large. But when the coronavirus pandemic hit, their prominence and importance within healthcare organizations grew.

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  • Celebrating Earth Day

    In support of our friends at Valley Medical Center, we'll be joining VMC's Earth Day Sustainability Vendor Fair. Join us to dive into how we're supporting our partners in their sustainability journey.