NYS Association of Occupational Health Nurses

Update to CDC's Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel Guidelines

Posted almost 6 years ago by Patricia Sadowski

The CDC published, on October 18, 2019, "Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel: Infrastructure and Routine Practices for Occupational Infection Prevention and Control Services", an update of four sections of Part I of the Guideline for infection control in health care personnel, 1998 (“1998 Guideline“) and their corresponding recommendations in Part II:
     - Infection Control Objectives for a Personnel Health Service
     - Elements of a Personnel Health Service for Infection Control
     - Emergency-Response Personnel
     - The Americans With Disabilities Act

The updated recommendations can be accessed HERE!