Infection prevention guide for outpatient settings available for download

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers free resource

By Healthcare Facilities Today


The "Guide to Infection Prevention in Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations for Safe Care" can be download for free from the Becker's Clinical Quality and Infection Control website.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers the free information to help healthcare facilities prevent infection and provide safe care. The downloadable guide is a summary of CDC's infection prevention and infection control guidelines for ambulatory care facilities. 

The guide provides basic infection prevention recommendations, revisits Standard Precautions as the foundation for infection prevention in any healthcare setting and provides links to guidelines and source documents for further study, according to Becker's. 

Download the guide.

 



October 16, 2013


Topic Area: Safety , Trends and Analysis


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