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UCSF HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION CONTROL (HEIC)



	Infection Control Manual
Section Number	Section Title

	SECTION 1: BASIC INFECTION CONTROL PREVENTION STRATEGIES
1.1	Standard and Transmission Based Precautions
1.2	Hand Hygiene Policy

	SECTION 2: ESSENTIAL COMMUNICATION
2.1	Essential Communication

	SECTION 3: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH POLICIES
3.1	HCW Screening
3.2	Employees with Infections
3.2a	Table of Illnesses/Infections and Related Work Restriction
3.3	Management of Health Care Worker Exposure to Blood Borne Pathogens
	Pregnant/Breastfeeding Guidelines are located under the Resources/Fact Sheets tab

	SECTION 4 UCSF MEDICAL CENTER-WIDE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
4.1	Guidelines for Care of the Immunocompromised Patient
4.2	Human Prion Disease (10/08 scheduled revision pending release of CDC guideline)
4.3	Patient Visitors
4.5	Cystic Fibrosis
4.6	Active Surveillance Testing (AST) for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
4.7	Surgical Site Infection Reporting to CDPH
4.8	Mandatory IC Education
	The Policy re: Service Animals, Therapy Animals, And Pets has been relocated to the Administrative Manual. #6.11.02
4.9	SSI Prevention Strategies

	SECTION 5: ENVIRONMENT
5.1	Infection Control Guidelines for Construction
5.1a	Risk Assessment
5.1b	Infection Control Dust Mitigation Training Syllabus
5.1c	Pre Construction Survey
5.1d	Dust Mitigation Checklist Exterior Projects
5.1e	Air Sampling Request and Report Form
5.1f	D & C Project Daily Checklist Form
5.1g	Facilities Project Daily Checklist
5.2	Waste Management
5.3	Toy Cleaning
5.4	Tissue Banks

	SECTION 7: EXPOSURE RESPONSE
7.1	Communicable Disease Exposure Follow-up
7.2	Outbreak Policy
7.3	Bacterial Meningitis-Under revision
7.4	Patient (and/or Visitor) Exposure to Blood or Body Fluid
7.5	Pediculosis and Scabies
7.6	Management of Pertussis Parapertussis-Under Revision
7.7	Rubella/Measles-Under Revision
7.8	Tuberculosis
7.9	Varicella-Under Revision

	SECTION 8: PROGRAM AND ADMINISTRATION
8.1	HEIC Department Philosophy
8.2	Scope of Service
8.3	Departmental Policy-Development and Revision
8.4	Infection Control Composition and Function
8.5	Infectious Disease Surveillance
8.6	Criteria For Defining Hospital-Associated Infections

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