Outbreak Resources

C. difficile

Project CDAD: Outbreak Prevention and Control (OPC)
This customized, free CME/CNA/AANC educational activity is designed to assist healthcare providers in preventing and managing C. difficile in their institutions.  The activity is cosponsored by the Robert Michael Educational Institute LLC and Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and is supported by an educational grant from ViroPharma Incorporated. patient brochure; wall poster

E. coli

September 2006 E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak

CDC Facts
FDA Press Release

Mumps

Resources

MMWR Updated ACIP Recommendations for Control and Elimination of Mumps

CDC/National Immunization Program (NIP): Prevention and Control of Mumps in Healthcare Settings - background, healthcare worker immune-status assessment, healthcare worker exclusion (pdf) 

CDC/NIP: Physical Findings and Complications of Mumps - physical findings, other clinical findings (pdf)

BJC Healthcare Employee Management Mumps Guidelines (pdf)

MMWR Dispatch Update: Multistate Outbreak of Mumps 1/1/06-5/2/06

Mumps Slides

Slides should be adapted to local epidemiology and do not reflect a Society position or endorsement. 

David Weber, MD, MPH, MHA (pdf)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Daniel J. Diekema, MD (pdf)
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics