Authors, Acknowledgement, and Disclosure

Authors

Naomi P. O’Grady, M.D.
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

Mary Alexander, R.N.
Infusion Nurses Society, Norwood, Massachusetts

Lillian A. Burns, M.T., M.P.H., C.I.C.
Greenich Hospital, Greenwich, Connecticut

E. Patchen Dellinger, M.D.
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Jeffery Garland, M.D., S.M.
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare-St. Joseph, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Stephen O. Heard, M.D.
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts

Pamela A. Lipsett, M.D.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Henry Masur, M.D.
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

Leonard A. Mermel, D.O., Sc.M.
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island

Michele L. Pearson, M.D.
Office of Infectious Diseases, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia

Issam I. Raad, M.D.
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

Adrienne Randolph, M.D., M.Sc.
The Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Mark E. Rupp, M.D.
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska

Sanjay Saint, M.D., M.P.H.
Ann Arbor VA Medical Center and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)

 Top of Page

Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)

Chairman

BRENNAN, Patrick J., MD
Chief Medical Officer
Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Pennsylvania Health System

Executive Secretary

BELL, Michael R., MD
Deputy Director
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 Top of Page

Membership

BRATZLER, Dale, DO, MPH
President and CEO
Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality

BURNS, Lillian A., MT, MPH
Infection Control Coordinator
Greenwich Hospital, Infectious Diseases Department

ELWARD, Alexis, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics Infectious Diseases
Washington University School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Infectious Diseases

HUANG, Susan, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Medical Director, Epidemiology and Infection Prevention
Division of Infectious Diseases
UC Irvine School of Medicine

LUNDSTROM, Tammy, MD, JD
Chief Medical Officer
Providence Hospital

MCCARTER, Yvette S., PhD
Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
Department of Pathology
University of Florida Health Science Center

MURPHY, Denise M. RN, MPH, CIC
Vice President, Quality and Patient Safety
Main Line Health System

OSTROFF, Stephen, MD
Director, Bureau of Epidemiology
Pennsylvania Department of Health

OLMSTED, Russell N., MPH, CIC
Epidemiologist
Infection Control Services
St. Joseph Mercy Health System

PEGUES, David Alexander, MD
Professor of Medicine, Hospital Epidemiologist
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

PRONOVOST, Peter J., MD, PhD, FCCM
Director, Johns Hopkins Quality and Safety Research Group
Johns Hopkins Quality and Safety Research Group

SOULE, Barbara M., RN, MPA, CIC
Practice Leader
Infection Prevention and Control Services
Joint Commission Resources/Joint Commission International

SCHECTER, William, P., MD
Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery
San Francisco General Hospital

 Top of Page

Ex-Officio Members

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
BAINE, William B., MD
Senior Medical Advisor
Center for Outcomes and Evidence

Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
MILLER, Jeannie, RN, MPH
Deputy Director, Clinical Standards Group

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
MURPHEY, Sheila A., MD
Division of Anesthesiology, General Hospital Infection Control Dental Devices
Center for Devices and Radiology Health

National Institute of Health (NIH)
HENDERSON, David, MD
Deputy Director for Clinical Care
Associate Director for Hospital Epidemiology and Quality Improvement
NIH Clinical Center

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
ROSELLE, Gary A., MD
National Program Director, Infectious Diseases
VA Central Office
Cincinnati VA Medical Center

 Top of Page

Liaisons

Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis (ACET)
STRICOF, Rachel L., MPH

American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
RUSSI, Mark, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine
Director, Occupational Health
Yale-New Haven Hospital

American Health Care Assn (AHCA)
FITZLER, Sandra L., RN
Senior Director of Clinical Services

American Hospital Association (AHA)
SCHULMAN, Roslyne, MHA, MBA
Director, Policy Development

Association of Professionals of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC)
DeBAUN, Barbara, MSN, RN, CIC

Association of periOperative Registered Nursed (AORN)
BLANCHARD, Joan C., RN, BSN

Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
KAINER, Marion, MD, MPH
Director, Hospital Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance Program
Tennessee Department Health

Consumers Union
MCGIFFERT, Lisa
Senior Policy Analyst on Health Issues
Project Director Stop Hospital Infections Organization

Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA)
Huskins, W. Charles MD, MSc
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Mayo Clinic

Public Health Agency of Canada
PATON, Shirley, RN, MN
Senior Advisor Healthcare Acquired Infections
Center for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control

Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
MARAGAKIS, Lisa, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
John Hopkins Medical Institutions

Society of Hospital Medicine
SAINT, Sanjay, MD, MPH
Director, Ann Arbor VA Medical Center/University of Michigan Patient Safety Enhancement Program

The Joint Commission
WISE, Robert A., MD
Vice President
Division of Standards & Survey Methods

Use of trade names and commercial sources is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

 Top of Page

Acknowledgement

We wish to acknowledge Ingi Lee, MD, MSCE and Craig A. Umscheid, MD, MSCE from Center for Evidence-based Practice, University of Pennsylvania Health System Philadelphia, PA who performed a systematic review for issues raised the during the guideline process.

Disclosure of Financial Interests and Relationships

N.P.O.’G. served as a board member for the ABIM Subspecialty Board for Critical Care Medicine. M.A. is an employee of the Infusion Nurses Society, Honoraria from 3M, Becton Dickinson, Smiths Medical. L.A.B. is a consultant for Institute of Healthcare Improvement, Board membership for Theradoc, Medline. Honoraria from APIC, Clorox. E.P.D. consulting from Merck, Baxter, Ortho-McNeil, Targanta, Schering-Plough, Optimer, Cadence, Cardinal, BDGeneOhm, WebEx, Cerebrio, and Tyco. Grant support through the NIH. Payment for lecture from Merck. Payment for development of educational presentation from Medscape. Travel and meeting expenses paid for by ASHP, IDSA, ASM, American College of Surgeons, NQF, SHEA/CDC, HHS, Trauma Shock Inflammation and Sepsis Meeting (Munich), University of Minnesota. J.G. Honoria from Ethicon. S.O.H. provides research support from Angiotech; Honoraria from Angiotech, Merck. L.A.M provides research support from Astellas, Theravance, Pfizer; Consulting for Ash Access, Cadence, CorMedix, Catheter Connections, Carefusion, Sage, Bard, Teleflex; Payment for manuscript preparation from Catheter Connections. I.I.R. provides research support from Cubist, Enzon, and Basilea; Consulting for Clorox; Stock Equity or Options in Great Lakes Pharmaceuticalsand Inventive Protocol; Speakers Bureau for Cook, Inc.; Royalty income (patents owned by MD Anderson on which Dr. Raad in an inventor: American Medical Systems, Cook, Inc., Cook urological, Teleflex, TyRx, Medtronic, Biomet, Great Lakes Pharmaceuticals. A.R. consulting income from Eisai Pharmaceuticals, Discovery Laboratories. M.E.R. provides research support from Molnlycke, Cardinal Healthcare Foundation, Sanofi-Pasteur, 3M, and Cubist; Consulting from Semprus; Honorarium for lectures from 3M, Carefusion, Baxter and Becton Dickinson. Previously served on Board of Directors for Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All other authors: no conflicts.

 Top of Page