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Management of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Healthcare Settings
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/index.html

CDC 2005 TB Guidelines Published.

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Scabies Prevention Manual for Health Care Providers

MDCH and Michigan Society for Infection Control collaborated to provide a Scabies Prevention manual for health care providers see link below: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/scabies_manual_130866_7.pdf

Michigan Forms Flu Advisory Board

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

Download the following PDF:
Guidelines for Healthcare Providers Regarding Avian Influenza and the Use of Antivirals PDF, 1 pg, 121 KB

Michigan Recommendations on HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C-Infected Health Care Workers

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The complete 2006 Epi profile for HIV/AIDS in Michigan is available at http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,1607,7-132-2944_5320-36307--,00.html

Communicable Disease, including HIV/AIDS, Reporting Rules in MI Revised

The new Communicable Disease Reporting booklet is available at http://www.michigan.gov/documents/hlth_care_prof_guide_167371_7.pdf

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

Keystone Center for Patient Safety & Quality Clarifies Recommendations for Preventing VAP

The Keystone Center has issued a letter clarifying information on certain measures for preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Click here to open letter.

The Keystone project is a multi-hospital patient safety project involving many acute care hospitals in MI. To learn more about this project click on the following link: http://www.mha.org/mha/keystone/icu/index.jsp

Guidance on Public Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infections

Link to download pdf at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/PublicReportingGuide.pdf

Michigan Advisory Committee for Elimination of Tuberculosis (MI-ACET)

MI-ACET has launched a new web resource. This site includes their 2003 recommendations, statistics and a lot more.
http://www.michigantb.org/