Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings (2007)
Authors
Jane D. Siegel, MD
Emily Rhinehart, RN MPH CIC
Marguerite Jackson, PhD
Linda Chiarello, RN MS
Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee
Acknowledgement: The authors and HICPAC gratefully acknowledge Dr. Larry Strausbaugh for his many contributions and valued guidance in the preparation of this guideline.
Suggested citation: Siegel JD, Rhinehart E, Jackson M, Chiarello L, and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, 2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings.
Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)
Chair
Patrick J. Brennan, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Pennsylvania Medical School
Executive Secretary
Michael Bell, MD
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Members
BRINSKO, Vicki L., RN, BA
Infection Control Coordinator
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
DELLINGER, E. Patchen., MD
Professor of Surgery
University of Washington School of
Medicine
ENGEL, Jeffrey, MD
Head General Communicable Disease Control Branch
North Carolina State Epidemiologist
GORDON, Steven M., MD
Chairman, Department of Infections Diseases
Hospital Epidemiologist
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Department of Infectious Disease
HARRELL, Lizzie J., PhD, D(ABMM)
Research Professor of Molecular Genetics, Microbiology and Pathology
Associate Director, Clinical Microbiology
Duke University Medical Center
O’BOYLE, Carol, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
University of Minnesota
PEGUES, David Alexander, MD
Division of Infectious Diseases
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
PERROTTA, Dennis M. PhD., CIC
Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology
University of Texas School of Public Health
Texas A&M University School of Rural Public Health
PITT, Harriett M., MS, CIC, RN
Director, Epidemiology
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
RAMSEY, Keith M., MD
Professor of Medicine
Medical Director of Infection Control
The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
SINGH, Nalini, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics
Epidemiology and International Health
The George Washington University Children’s National Medical Center
STEVENSON, Kurt Brown, MD, MPH
Division of Infectious Diseases
Department of Internal Medicine
The Ohio State University Medical Center
SMITH, Philip W., MD
Chief, Section of Infectious Diseases
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Nebraska Medical Center
HICPAC membership (past)
Robert A. Weinstein, MD (Chair)
Cook County Hospital
Chicago, IL
Jane D. Siegel, MD (Co-Chair)
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
Michele L. Pearson, MD (Executive Secretary)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
Raymond Y.W. Chinn, MD
Sharp Memorial Hospital
San Diego, CA
Alfred DeMaria, Jr, MD
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Jamaica Plain, MA
James T. Lee, MD, PhD
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
William A. Rutala, PhD, MPH
University of North Carolina Health Care System
Chapel Hill, NC
William E. Scheckler, MD
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
Beth H. Stover, RN
Kosair Children’s Hospital
Louisville, KY
Marjorie A. Underwood, RN, BSN CIC
Mt. Diablo Medical Center
Concord, CA
HICPAC Liaisons
William B. Baine, MD
Liaison to Agency for Healthcare Quality Research
Joan Blanchard, RN, MSN, CNOR
Liaison to Association of periOperative Registered Nurses
Patrick J. Brennan, MD
Liaison to Board of Scientific Counselors
Nancy Bjerke, RN, MPH, CIC
Liaison to Association of Professionals in Infection Prevention and Control
Jeffrey P. Engel, MD
Liaison to Advisory Committee on Elimination of Tuberculosis
David Henderson, MD
Liaison to National Institutes of Health
Lorine J. Jay MPH, RN, CPHQ
Liaison to Healthcare Resources Services Administration
Stephen F. Jencks, MD, MPH
Liaison to Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Sheila A. Murphey, MD
Liaison to Food and Drug Administration
Mark Russi, MD, MPH
Liaison to American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Rachel L. Stricof, MPH
Liaison to Advisory Committee on Elimination of Tuberculosis
Michael L. Tapper, MD
Liaison to Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
Robert A. Wise, MD
Liaison to Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Authors’ Associations
Jane D. Siegel, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Emily Rhinehart RN MPH CIC CPHQ
Vice President
AIG Consultants, Inc.
Marguerite Jackson, RN PhD CIC
Director, Administrative Unit, National Tuberculosis Curriculum Consortium, Department of Medicine
University of California San Diego
Linda Chiarello, RN MS
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC
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