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Resources
Hot Off the Press!
Newly revised CD rules - effective October 2, 2009
Summary - Rules Final 2009
New Communicable Disease websites - www.michigan.gov/cdinfo
Guidance for Control of Infections with Carbapenem-Resistant or Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Acute Care Facilities at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5810a4.htm and CDC slide set at http://www.bt.cdc.gov/coca/callinfo.asp
HHS HAI Plan
http://www.hhs.gov/ophs/initiatives/hai/infection.html
Public Reporting of HAI - National Quality Forum - National Voluntary Consensus Standards for the Reporting of HAI data
The Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities, 2008 has been posted at:
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/pdf/guidelines/Disinfection_Nov_2008.pdf
Management of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Healthcare Settings
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/index.html
Michigan Forms Flu Advisory Board
Plan your employee flu vaccination campaign: Visit - www.michigan.gov/flufighterkit
The Flu Gallery www.cdc.gov/flu/gallery
An additional website with sample plans for employee vaccination programs is available at www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/16633.html
Brochures for influenza pocket guides for professionals are available at www.hpclearinghouse.org a limit of 50 pocket cards can be ordered from this site. For additional numbers email franklinr@michigan.gov
For more information regarding Influenza in Michigan and for the latest Influenza
Bulletins and Flubytes, visit the following websites:
MDCH Influenza in MI Page
MDCH
HCW Info
The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) has updated its Communicable Disease Reporting Rules as of December 2004. Several new diseases or infectious agents have been added. The revised rules and some informational memos are available here:
Communicable_Final_Rule.pdf 8 pgs, 76K
PA514_Clinicianinfo_Memo.pdf 3 pgs, 72K
PA514_Labinfo_Memo.pdf 3 pgs, 72K
To access the complete set of rules, please visit the State's Emerging Diseases
website at: www.michigan.gov/emergingdiseases
Guidance on Public Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infections
Link to download pdf at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/PublicReportingGuide.pdf
CDC/HICPAC Environmental IC in Healthcare Facilities Guidelines
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/gl_environinfection.html
Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections
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