HAIs:

• CDC (HICPAC): Guideline for Isolation Precautions   
  
  

• APIC Guidelines for Infection Control   
  
  

• CDC Guidance for the Selection and Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in Healthcare Settings    This 12–minute video, developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Infectious Diseases, provides demonstrations of donning and removal of PPE and appropriate hand hygiene.
  
  

• CDC Overview - HAIs    Healthcare–associated infections are infections that patients acquire during the course of receiving treatment for other conditions within a healthcare setting. Healthcare–associated infections are one of the top ten leading causes of death in the United States.
  
  

• Healthcare associated infections in university hospitals in Latvia, Lithuania and Sweden: a simple protocol for quality assessment.    Peer–reviewed European information on communicable disease surveillance and control.
  
  
  

• Kimberly-Clark Knowledge Network* Overview    This document provides information on the Kimberly–Clark Knowledge Network, including the current programs that provide continuing education credits at no cost to healthcare providers and facilities.
  
  
  

• CDC Ounce of Prevention Campaign    The campaign's goal is to provide resources about handwashing, cleaning and disinfection, and other easy–to–follow steps in an effort to develop and maintain successful hand hygiene and cleaning practices, and is aimed at educating a broad<
  
  

• Royal College of Nursing - Infection Prevention and control - Minimum standards    These are the miniumum standards that the Royal College of Nursing and the Infection Prevention Society believe should be accepted and mandated by Goverments, the relevent UK Departments of Health and, where applicable, all independent health or Social care organisations
  
  
  

• CDC - Hand Hygiene Interactive Training    This CDC course and promotional materials review key concepts of hand hygiene and Standard Precautions
  
  
  

• Flyer for Professional Hand Hygiene    World Health Organization guidelines for healthcare professionals’ proper hand hygiene.
  
  
  

• Patient Guide to Hand Hygiene    Hand hygiene educational guides for patients and their families.
  
  
  

• Handwashing poster    Downloadable hand hygiene posters to assist your staff with compliance with step-by-step instructions for proper hand washing.
  
  
  

• Hand Rub poster    Downloadable hand hygiene posters to assist your staff with compliance with step-by-step instructions for hand rubs
  
  
  

• Infections nosocomiales: directives   
  
  

• Kimberly-Clark* KimVent*VAP Solutions   
  
  

SSIs:

• Patient Risk Factors and Best Practices for Surgical Site Infection Prevention.   
  
  

• CDC Hand Hygiene Guidelines