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CDC releases long-awaited isolation guidelines

Infection Control Monitor, June 29, 2007

The CDC on June 25 released a new set of guidelines that updates and expands the isolation precautions it recommends for hospitals and other healthcare settings.

 

The CDC posted the 219-page Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings 2007. Go to www.hcpro.com/content/72837.cfm for a copy of the guidelines.

 

This is the CDC's first major revision to isolation precautions guidelines it released for hospitals in 1996. As healthcare delivery has expanded to other settings, these new guidelines apply to ambulatory care, long-term care, home care and infusion services, as well as special environments such as pediatrics, ICUs, and burn units.

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