Resources

• Addressing Infectious Disease Threats (Directors of Health Promotion and Education)
• American Association of Blood Banks
• Answers to Your Questions about the Hazards of Antibacterial Cleaners (College of American Pathologists)
• Blood Frequently Asked Questions: Person's Suitability to Donate Blood (Food and Drug Administration)
• Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
• Dogs, Cats and Other Pets: Protect Your Family from Infection (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Evaluating Your Risk: How Likely Are You to Catch an Infectious Disease? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Guideline for Isolation Precautions in Hospitals (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))
• Hand Hygiene for Consumers (Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology) - Links to PDF File
• Hand Hygiene Guidelines (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Hand-Washing Practices and Beliefs of Physicians (American College of Physicians)
• Health Care Workers: Avoiding Infections at Work (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Infection Control (National Women's Health Information Center)
• Infection Control (National Library of Medicine)
• Infection Control: Frequently Asked Questions (American Dental Association)
• JAMA Patient Page: Avoiding Diseases Transmitted by Blood and Body Fluids (American Medical Association)
• Keeping Blood Transfusions Safe: FDA's Multi-Layered Protections for Donated Blood (Food and Drug Administration)
• Know Your Enemy: Determining the Genetic Blueprint of Disease-Causing Microorganisms (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
• Medical Examinations (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Microbes in Sickness and in Health (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
• National Center for Infectious Diseases
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
• NICHD Scientists Develop Vaccine against Deadly Hospital-Acquired Infection (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• Ounce of Prevention: Keeps the Germs Away (Lysol Healthy Home Information Line)
• Preventing Infections During Travel: A Guide for People with HIV Infection (CDC National Prevention Information Network)
• Quarantine Stations (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Questions and Answers for Swimmers (National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Parasitic Diseases)
• Stopping Germs at Home, Work and School (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Study of Hygiene in Inner-City Households Identifies What Helps and What May Not (National Institutes of Health)
• Why Do I Need to Wash My Hands? (Nemours Foundation)
• Why Is Handwashing Important? (American Society for Microbiology)
• Why Should I Care about Germs? (Nemours Foundation)
• Women, Children, and HIV (UCSF Center for HIV Information (CHI))
• World Health Organization
• You Can Prevent MAC (Disseminated Mycobacterium Avium Complex Disease): A Guide for People with HIV Infection (CDC National Prevention Information Network)
• Your Disinfection Team: Chlorine & pH (National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Parasitic Diseases)