Infection control

CDC Environmental Infection Control

CDC Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities

US Centers for Disease Control and PreventionLatest · 2003, with updates

Scope

The CDC's authoritative guidance on environmental controls for infection prevention in healthcare buildings. It defines ventilation, filtration, water, and construction/renovation practices to reduce healthcare-associated infections, and is the basis for AIIR requirements in the US.

Where it applies in the room

  • Airborne infection isolation rooms (AIIRs)
  • Protective environment rooms for immunocompromised patients
  • Renovation and construction infection-control risk assessment

Source & further reading

Also known as

  • CDC Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities
  • CDC Environmental Infection Control
  • CDC guidelines

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