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Guideline for isolation precautions in hospitals

Flag for USA Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on January 6th 1996
Part I. Evolution of isolation practices -- Part II. Recommendations for isolation precautions in hospitals -- Appendix A. Type and duration of precautions needed for selected infections and conditions. To assist hospitals in maintaining up-to-date isolation practices, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee1(HICPAC) have revised the CDC Guideline for Isolation Precautions in Hospitals. HICPAC was established in 1991 to provide advice and guidance to the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS); the Assistant Secretary for Health, DHHS; the Director, CDC; and the Director, National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID), regarding the practice of hospital infection control and strategies for surveillance, prevention, and control of nosocomial infections in U.S. hospitals. HICPAC also advises the CDC on periodic updating of guidelines and other policy statements regarding prevention of nosocomial infections. The revise

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End the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases

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