Infection Control and Prevention
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The purpose of this site is to assist local
public health agencies in designing infection control and prevention
programs that will reduce the risk of communicable disease
transmission among employees and clients during delivery of public
health services to the community.
Infection control and prevention is a set of practices designed to
reduce transmission of communicable diseases among patients, health
care workers, and visitors in a variety of health care settings.
Such practices include hand hygiene, use of personal protective
equipment, environmental cleaning and disinfection, waste
management, cough etiquette, and other engineering and work practice
controls that help reduce infectious disease transmission.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) are the main
authorities on health care worker infection control programs.
Although CDC is not a regulatory agency and has no enforcement
authority, its recommendations have become standards in the health
care industry and should be observed when applicable.
OSHA standards
cover all employees except self employed and government workers.
State and local government employees in Wisconsin are covered under
the Wisconsin Department of Commerce which serves as the enforcement
agency for all OSHA standards.
Practices
for Selected Diseases (PDF, 40 KB)
Table of the specific infection control
measures, such as isolation, quarantine, and types of personal
protective equipment used for commonly encountered communicable
diseases and potential bioterrorism agents.
Precautions
for Syndromes (PDF, 19 KB)
Conditions or symptoms that require
empiric use of precautions until etiologic agents are confirmed or
ruled out.
For Infection Control Information
Gwen Borlaug Infection Control Epidemiologist
WI Division of Public Health
Bureau of Communicable Diseases
608-267-7711 Phone
608-261-4976 Fax
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Last Revised: December 17, 2008 |
