A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Updates

Deborah S Yokoe; Deverick J Anderson; Sean M Berenholtz; David P Calfee; Erik R Dubberke; Katherine D Ellingson; Dale N Gerding; Janet P Haas; Keith S Kaye; Michael Klompas; Evelyn Lo; Jonas Marschall; Leonard A Mermel; Lindsay E Nicolle; Cassandra D Salgado; Kristina Bryant; David Classen; Katrina Crist; Valerie M Deloney; Neil O Fishman; Nancy Foster; Donald A Goldmann; Eve Humphreys; John A Jernigan; Jennifer Padberg; Trish M Perl; Kelly Podgorny; Edward J Septimus; Margaret VanAmringe; Tom Weaver; Robert A Weinstein; Robert Wise; Lisa L Maragakis

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2014.07.002

A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Updates

Am J Infect Control. 2014 Aug;42(8):820-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.07.002.

Authors

Deborah S Yokoe¹, Deverick J Anderson², Sean M Berenholtz³, David P Calfee⁴, Erik R Dubberke⁵, Katherine D Ellingson⁶, Dale N Gerding⁷, Janet P Haas⁸, Keith S Kaye⁹, Michael Klompas¹⁰, Evelyn Lo¹¹, Jonas Marschall¹², Leonard A Mermel¹³, Lindsay E Nicolle¹⁴, Cassandra D Salgado¹⁵, Kristina Bryant¹⁶, David Classen¹⁷, Katrina Crist¹⁸, Valerie M Deloney¹⁹, Neil O Fishman²⁰, Nancy Foster²¹, Donald A Goldmann²², Eve Humphreys¹⁹, John A Jernigan²³, Jennifer Padberg²⁴, Trish M Perl²⁵, Kelly Podgorny²⁶, Edward J Septimus²⁷, Margaret VanAmringe²⁶, Tom Weaver¹⁸, Robert A Weinstein²⁸, Robert Wise²⁶, Lisa L Maragakis²⁵

Affiliations

¹ Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Electronic address: dyokoe@partners.org.
² Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
³ Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
⁴ Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY.
⁵ Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
⁶ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
⁷ Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, IL, and Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
⁸ Westchester Medical Center and New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY.
⁹ Detroit Medical Center and Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
¹⁰ Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA.
¹¹ St. Boniface General Hospital and University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
¹² Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
¹³ Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island.
¹⁴ Health Sciences Centre and University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
¹⁵ Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
¹⁶ University of Louisville, Louisville, KY.
¹⁷ University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT.
¹⁸ Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Washington, DC.
¹⁹ Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Arlington, VA.
²⁰ University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA.
²¹ American Hospital Association, Washington, DC.
²² Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Cambridge, MA, and Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
²³ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA; Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
²⁴ Infectious Diseases Society of America, Arlington, VA.
²⁵ Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
²⁶ The Joint Commission, Oakbrook Terrace, IL.
²⁷ Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Houston, TX, and Hospital Corporation of America, Nashville, TN.
²⁸ Stroger Hospital and Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL.

PMID: 25087135
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.07.002

Abstract

Since the publication of "A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals" in 2008, prevention of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) has become a national priority. Despite improvements, preventable HAIs continue to occur. The 2014 updates to the Compendium were created to provide acute care hospitals with up-to-date, practical, expert guidance to assist in prioritizing and implementing their HAI prevention efforts. They are the product of a highly collaborative effort led by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the American Hospital Association (AHA), the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), and The Joint Commission, with major contributions from representatives of a number of organizations and societies with content expertise, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS), the Society for Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), the Society for Hospital Medicine (SHM), and the Surgical Infection Society (SIS).

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cross Infection / prevention & control*
Emergency Medical Services / methods*
Hospitals
Humans
Infection Control / methods*
Practice Guidelines as Topic*
United States