IDSA : View All Statements on Infection Prevention and Control

10/08/2010

Moving Toward Elimination of Healthcare-Associated Infections: A Call to Action (PDF)

Cardo et al., American Journal of Infection Control vol. 38 no. 9 November 1, 2010.

A joint paper by IDSA, APIC, ASTHO, CDC, CSTE, PIDS, and SHEA.

09/27/2010

IDSA Member Statement for Medicare Workshop on Accountable Care Organizations (PDF)

Dr. Lawrence Martinelli, an ID practitioner from Lubbock, Texas, testified at a Medicare workshop on legal and technical issues associated with Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and other shared savings arrangements that were authorized by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).

08/12/2009

IDSA and SHEA Statement to Institute of Medicine on Healthcare Worker Protections Against Novel H1N1 Influenza A (PDF)

IDSA and SHEA conclude that the current strain of novel H1N1 has the same transmission dynamics as seasonal influenza and should be managed as such based on the currently available scientific evidence.

07/16/2009

IDSA, SHEA, APIC, CSTE, TFAH Support National Public Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) (PDF)

IDSA supports requiring hospitals/ambulatory surgical centers to report HAI rates to CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network as a condition of participation in the Medicare/Medicaid programs. IDSA views a national standard, where valid, comparable, and reliable data are captured, as far superior to a fractured state-by-state approach.

06/11/2009

IDSA Endorses SHEA Position Statement on Infection Control (PDF)

IDSA has endorsed the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America’s (SHEA) Position Statement: Interim Guidance on Infection Control Precautions for Novel Swine-Origin Influenza A H1N1 in Healthcare Facilities. This science-based statement supports updating CDC guidance, advocating the same practices recommended for seasonal influenza virus at this time.

02/06/2009

SHEA-IDSA Respond to Federal Action Plan on Healthcare-Associated Infections (PDF)

SHEA and IDSA urge increased funding, ongoing stakeholder input and development of an implementation portion of the plan in response to HHS' release of the draft “Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections” in January 2009 following criticism of federal inaction.

09/16/2008

IDSA, SHEA et al Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Infection Control and Healthcare Epidemiology vol. 29 no. S1 September 16, 2008.

Please note that there are 8 different downlaods within this compendium.

01/02/2004

Comments on CMS Framework (PDF)

IDSA comments on CMS document "8th Quality Improvement Organization Scope of Work," recommending that CMS include activities to limit the spread of antimicrobial resistance, decrease inappropriate antimicrobial use and improve current infection control in its quality improvement efforts.

View All Statements on Infection Prevention and Control

Infectious Diseases Society of America