INTERNATIONAL

• International Federation of Infection Control

AUSTRALIA

• Australasian College of Infection prevention and Control (ACIPC)

HONG KONG

• Hong Kong Infection Control Nurses Association

INDIA

• Hospital Infection Society of India

NEW ZEALAND

• Infection Prevention & Control Nurses College (IPCNC), New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO)

SINGAPORE

• Infection Control Association (Singapore)

UNITED KINGDOM

• Healthcare Infection Society (HIS)

UNITED STATES

• Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.
• CDC National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)
• Community and Hospital Infection Control Association – Canada
• Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
• The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION GUIDELINES & RECOMMENDATIONS

Guidelines home page

• Guideline for Infection Control in Health Care Personnel, 1998
• Guideline for Management of Occupational Exposures to HBV, HCV, and HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis
• Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections
• Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities
• Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings
• Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Associated Infections
• 2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings
• Guidelines for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia

OTHER GUIDANCE AND INFORMATIONAL LINKS

• Guidance on Public Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infections
• Guidance for Control of Infections with Carbapenem-Resistant or Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Acute Care Facilities
• Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare (2010)