SHEA Guidelines and Expert Guidance Documents

• Part 1: Treatment and Management of Patients  
• Part 2: Infection Prevention 
• Part 3: Diagnostics 
   

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2720732 

• AAAAI Choosing Wisely
• JAMA Pediatrics: Is My Child Allergic to Penicillin?
• Toolkits: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2720732 
• Video: https://edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learning/video-player/17148536
• Podcast: https://edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learning/audio-player/17143729 
• Patient resources: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2720729 

Abstract and manuscript (ungated):
https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2018.303

Webinar Series:

• New Guidance for OR Anesthesia – Recommendations for Preventing Infections
• Infection Prevention in Anesthesia Q&A
• Implementing Changes for Infection Prevention in Anesthesia

Pocket Card Digital and Print Orders: https://www.guidelinecentral.com/shop/infection-prevention-operating-room-anesthesia-work-area-guidelines-pocket-guide 

ASA Support: SHEA Expert Guidance: Infection Prevention in the Operating Room Anesthesia Work Area

White Papers Completed:

Practical approaches to C. difficile prevention https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2018.209

White Papers in Development: 

• S. aureus
• Respiratory Infections
• CLABSI

https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix1085

https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2017.245

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https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2017.212

Tool Kits: https://ortp.guidelinecentral.com 

• Incident Management
• Horizontal Strategies
• Emerging Pathogens
• Communication, Negotiation, and Implementation

SHEA/CDC Outbreak Response Training Program: http://ortp.shea-online.org/ 

https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciw118

Chinese Translation:

Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2015.15

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Medscape Slide Summary: http://www.medscape.com/features/slideshow/animals

https://doi.org/10.1086/676882

In 2003, the Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Foundation published recommendations for infection prevention and control (IP&C) in an effort to reduce the risk of acquisition and transmission of pathogens among people with CF.1 However, both IP&C and CF are dynamic disciplines, and during the past decade new knowledge and new challenges necessitated the development of updated IP&C strategies for this unique population.

Reviewed August 2018.

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https://doi.org/10.1086/675066

Reviewed June 2018.

http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0195941700033907

Three family education guides focusing on hand hygiene, respiratory etiquette, and safe handling of blood and body fluids were also created as part of this guideline but are not contained in this document. These guides are tools to educate families about how to help with minimizing the risk of pathogen transmission. These guides can be found at Patient Guides on Healthcare-Associated Infections.

Reviewed November 2018.

The guidelines are intended to provide practitioners with a standardized approach to the rational, safe, and effective use of antimicrobial agents for the prevention of surgical-site infections (SSIs) based on currently available clinical evidence and emerging issues.

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Reviewed March 2018.

Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease (CJD) is a degenerative neurologic disorder of humans. CJD is caused by a proteinaceous infectious agent. Prion diseases elicit no immune response, result in a noninflammatory pathologic process confined to the central nervous system, have an incubation period of years, and usually are fatal within 1 year after diagnosis.

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Reviewed 2014.