Table 1 Open-access world wide web resources on control of nosocomial infections

National Library of Medicine (USA)

http://www.nlm.nih.gov

MedlinePlus: Infection control

Faculty of Medicine: University Catholic of Louvain (Belgium)

http://www.uclouvain.be/md.html

Infection control

Infection control today magazine (USA)

http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com

Infection control programs

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (USA)

http://www.apic.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home

Infectious disease centre. Practice guidance

Infection Control Nurses Association (UK)

http://www.icna.co.uk/

Public downloads

Yale-New Haven Medical Center (USA)

http://www.med.yale.edu

Yale-New Haven hospital infection control manual

Australian Government.

Department of Health and Ageing (Australia)

http://www.health.gov.au

Infection control guidelines. Navigation page

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (UK)

http://www.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=home

Infection control

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA)

http://www.cdc.gov

Infection control in health care settings

National Health Service (NHS) plus – Health at work (UK)

http://www.nhsplus.nhs.uk/default.asp

NHS stuff. Infection control

Royal College of nursing (UK)

http://www.rcn.org.uk

Good practice in infection prevention and control

American Dental Association (USA)

http://www.ada.org/index.asp

Oral health topics. Infection control

World Health Organization

http://www.who.int/en/

Hospital hygiene and infection control

Public Health Agency of Canada (Canada)

http://www.phac-asp.gc.ca/new_e.html

Guidelines on infection control

NSW Health (Australia)

http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/

Infection control policy

Infection Control Department (USA)

http://infectioncontrol.ucsfmedicalcenter.org/

Infection control policy. Standard and transmission based precautions

Victorian Government Health information (Australia)

http://www.health.vic.gov.au/

Guidelines and regulations

Health protection agency (UK)

http://www.hpa.org.uk

Centre for infections

St. Joseph's Health Care, London (UK)

http://www.sjhc.london.on.ca

Infection prevention and control

UK National Audit Office (UK)

http://www.nao.org.uk

The management and control of hospital acquired infection in acute NHS trusts in England

Queensland Health (Australia)

http://www.health.qld.gov.au

Infection control

College of Nurses of Ontario (Canada)

http://www.cno.org

Infection prevention and control

Scottish Government, Scottish Executive (Scotland)

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Home

Infection control standards for adult care homes

HIV Dent (USA)

http://www.hivdent.org

Infection control and postexposure protocols

National University of Ireland, Galway (Ireland)

http://www.nuigalway.ie

Infection control

Infection control services, University College, London hospitals (UK)

http://www.infectioncontrolservices.co.uk/Default.htm

Infection control philosophy

Gastroenterological Society of Australia (Australia)

http://www.gesa.org.au/index.htm

Infection control in endoscopy

Health protection Scotland

http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/index.aspx

Strengthening and co-ordinating health protection in Scotland

Imperial College of London (UK)

http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/

Control of infection: how to avoid damaging yourself and your patient

Harborview Medical Centre (HMC; USA)

http://www.uwmedicine.org/Facilities/Harborview/

HMC epidemiology/infection control

Infection control nurses of Connecticut (USA)

http://www.infectioncontrolct.org/

Infection control nurses of Connecticut

King County Government, Seattle, Washington (USA)

http://www.metrokc.gov/

Communicable diseases, epidemiology and immunization

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA)

http://www.unc.edu

Resources on the internet on infection control

Infection Control Resource (USA)

http://www.infectioncontrolresource.org/

Infection control resource

William Fleming high school, VA (USA)

http://www.roanoke.k12.va.us/schools/Fleming/lawson/jgpage/weblesn.htm

Principles of infection control

Oregon Government (USA)

http://www.oregon.gov/

Acute and communicable disease prevention

Community and Hospital Infection Control Association (Canada)

http://www.chica.org/

Links and resources

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA)

http://www.cdc.gov

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)

New York State (USA)

http://www.ny.gov/

Infection control

The Body: The Complete HIV/AIDS Resource (USA)

http://www.thebody.com/index.html

Infection control in the correctional setting

University of Virginia Health System (USA)

http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/

Infection control manual

Vanderbilt Medical Center (USA)

http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/

Department of Infection Control and Prevention

British Columbian Centre for Disease Control (Canada)

http://bccdc.org/divisionphp?item=11

Infection control guidelines

Florida Department of Health (USA)

http://www.doh.state.fl.us

Florida's health

Institute of algorithmic medicine (USA)

http://www.medal.org/visitor/login.aspx

The medical algorithms project. Infection control

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (China)

http://aic.cuhk.edu.hk/

Infection control

European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (Europe)

http://www.cobatrice.org

Patient safety and health systems management. Infection control

Johns Hopkins Medicine (USA)

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/index.html

Hospital epidemiology and infection control

Medical-Journals.com (UK)

http://www.medical-journals.com/

Infection control – a problem for patient safety

Website direct address

Comments

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/infectioncontrol.html

Provides infection control guidelines

http://www.md.ucl.ac.be/didac/hosp/infco.htm

A database of many articles with abstracts, published since 1 January 1994

http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/category.asp/sectionID/403

Provides articles concerning infection control

http://www.apic.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Guidelines&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=6&ContentID=519

Provides infection control guidelines.

http://www.icna.co.uk/publicdownloads/index.Asp

Mainly for members of the association

http://www.med.yale.edu/ynhh/infection/

Good collection of preventive measures for infection control

http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/Publishing.nsf/content/icg-guidelines-index.htm

Infection control guidelines for the prevention of transmission of infectious diseases in the health care setting

http://www.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=CG002

Provides a set of measures to avoid infection that should be followed by anyone giving or receiving care at home or at a health centre

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/index.html

Guidelines for keeping patients and health care workers in health care settings protected from infectious diseases

http://www.nhsplus.nhs.uk/nhsstaff/infection.asp

Limited information

http://www.rcn.org.uk/resources/mrsa/healthcarestaff/infectioncontrol/index.php

Guidance for nursing stuff. Information on infection control and prevention

http://www.ada.org/public/topics/infection_control_faq.asp#3

Brief answers on dental health

http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/medicalwaste/148to158.pdf

Information on epidemiology and prevention of hospital infections

http://www.phac-asp.gc.ca/dpg e html#infection

Contains guidelines on infection control

http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/policies/PD/2005/pdf/PD2005_247.pdf

Policy directive of the Australian Department of Health. Contains guidelines on hospital infection control

http://infectioncontrol.ucsfmedicalcenter.org/STD__Trans_Precautions_final.pdf

Contains guidelines on hospital infection control

http://www.health.vic.gov.au/ideas/regulations/index.htm

Infectious disease regulation and guidelines

http://www.hpa.org.uk/infections/default.htm

Carries out a broad spectrum of work related to prevention of infectious diseases

http://www.sjhc.london.on.ca/infectioncontrol/

Contains information on infection control

http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/9900230.pdf

General information on infection control and costs of hospital acquired infections

http://www.health.qld.gov.au/infectioncontrol/guidelines.html

Queensland government infection control guidelines

http://www.cno.org/docs/prac/41002_infection.pdf

Guidelines for nurses

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/03/19927/42764#11

Provides infection control standards for adult care homes

http://www.hivdent.org/infctl/office.htm

Dental office issues

http://www.nuigalway.ie/bac/control_of_infection.htm

General information on infection control

http://www.infectioncontrolservices.co.uk/intro1.htm

Contains information on infection control

http://www.gesa.org.au/members_guidelines/endoscopy_inf/

Practice guidelines for endoscopic procedures

http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/scieh.asp

Contains infection control procedures

http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/OCCHEALTH/formedicalstudents/controlofinfection/

Basic principles of infection control

http://depts.washington.edu/ictrain/icmanual/

Infection control manual

http://www.infectioncontrolct.org/

Contains useful information and helpful links on infection control

http://www.metrokc.gov/health/providers/epidemiology/index.htm

Information for health care providers

http://www.unc.edu/depts/spice/resource.html

Contains many links

http://www.infectioncontrolresource.org/

Contains articles on prevention strategies for infection control practitioners and professional nurses

http://www.roanoke.k12.va.us/schools/Fleming/lawson/jgpage/infect.htm

An internet lesson to introduce health occupation students to infection control and prevention

http://oregon.gov/DHS/ph/acd/lhd/infectcontrol.shtml#genl

General disease control and antimicrobial resistance

http://www.chica.org/links_overview.html

Information on hand hygiene, bioterrorism and disasters. Needs subscription for further information

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/ic-closecontacts.htm

Only for SARS. Limited information

http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/infection/infecontrol.htm

Guidelines on infection control

http://www.thebody.com/hepp/julaug04/infection_control.html?m59t

Information on HIV prevention

http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/infection-control/

Contains infection control procedures

http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/root/vumc.php?site=infectioncontrol&doc=4616

Isolation guidelines, infection control policies

http://www.bccdc.org/content.php?item=194

Contains infection control guidelines and many links.

http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Disease ctrl/epi/icg/icg.pdf#search=%22%22infection%20control%22%20icu%20guidelines%22

Main focus is on pandemic influenza and avian flu

http://www.medal.org/visitor/www/inactive/ch26.aspx

Information on control of the majority of nosocomial infections. Requires registration

http://www.aic.cuhk.edu.hk/web8/SARS%20infection%20control.htm

Focus on SARS

http://212.149.150.161:8080/coba/results.jsp?sea=1&id=4&subid=11&li=0&subsubid=11.2

Contains practice guidelines on prevention of nosocomial infections

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/heic

Information on infectious diseases and their prevention

http://www.medical-journals.com/r037.htm

An article on nosocomial infections