IP Web Links

Sometimes when looking for a needle in a haystack a person needs some idea as to which haystack to begin their search! Here you'll find links to many agencies, associations and organizations (governmental and private) dealing with infection prevention. If you have a site in mind that's not listed here, or if you find a link that is no longer valid, please send us an email!

APIC Links

APIC - Association for Professionals in Infection Control

APIC - Other APIC Chapter Links

Agencies, Associations, and Organizations

AAMI - Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation

AARC - American Association for Respiratory Care

ADA - American Dental Association  

AHA - American Hospital Association

AHCPR - Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

AHRQ - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

AIA/AAH - American Institute of Architects/Academy of Architecture for Health

AJIC - American Journal of Infection Control

AORN - Association of periOperative Registered Nurses

ASGE - American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 

ASHE - American Society for Healthcare Engineers

ASHP - American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

ASM - American Society for Microbiology 

CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDC DHQP - Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion

CDC NIOSH - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

CMS - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

CNTC – The Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center

DHHS NIH - National Institutes of Health    

DHHS NIH NIAD - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Disinfection and Sterilization established by William A. Rutala, PhD, MPH

FDA - Food and Drug Administration

GNYHA - Greater New York Hospital Association

Hepatitis Foundation International

IAC - Immunization Action Coalition

ICHE - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

IDSA - Infectious Disease Society of America

IFIC - International Federation of Infection Control

IHI - Institute for Healthcare Improvement

ISID - International Society for Infectious Diseases

MEDQIC - Medicare Quality Improvement Community

NAHC - National Association for Home Care  

NFID - National Foundation for Infectious Diseases

NHIC - National Health Information Center

NNII – National Network for Immunization Information

NPSF - National Patient Safety Foundation

NYCDOHMH – New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene

NYSDOH – New York State Department of Health

OSAP - Organization for Safety & Asepsis Procedures  

OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Premier Safety Institute

SGNA - Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates 

SHEA - Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

TJC – The Joint Commission

TJC ICPS – TJC International Center for Patient Safety

VA NCPS - VA National Center for Patient Safety

WHO - World Health Organization

Water Quality Association  

References

CDC PHIL - Public Health Image Library (online collection of health and disease related photos that can be copied and used for professional activities)

The Merck Manual

PubMed

University of California San Francisco The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Medicine and Health: Epidemiology

University of South Carolina School of Medicine Online Textbook of Microbiology & Immunology

The US Government www.pandemicflu.gov/index.html