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Update to CDC's Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel Guidelines

New York State Association of Occupational Health Nurses

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!


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Occupational/Public Health