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Endorsers and Supporters

Compendium Partners

  • Society for Healthcare Epidemiology (SHEA)
  • Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
  • American Hospital Association (AHA)
  • Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
  • The Joint Commission

Endorsing Organizations

Endorsing organizations reviewed and approved the 2014 updates to the Compendium.

  • American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC)
  • American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)
  • American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE)
  • Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
  • European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID; provided endorsement for the "Strategies to Prevent Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Update" and the "Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections through Hand Hygiene: 2014 Update" portions of the Compendium)
  • HCA Health System
  • Infusion Nurses Society (INS; provided endorsement for the "Strategies to Prevent Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Update" and the "Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections through Hand Hygiene: 2014 Update" portions of the Compendium)
  • Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
  • National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID)
  • Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS)
  • Society for Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
  • Society for Hospital Medicine (SHM)
  • Surgical Infection Society (SIS)

Supporting Organizations

Supporting organizations provided general non-financial support for these updates.

  • American Society of Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM)
  • American Medical Association (AMA)
  • Infusion Nurses Society (INS; provided support for the "Strategies to Prevent Surgical Site Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Update," the "Strategies to Prevent Clostridium difficile Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Update," the "Strategies to Prevent Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Update," the "Strategies to Prevent Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Update," and the "Strategies to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Update" portions of the Compendium)
  • Johns Hopkins Medicine
  • Partners HealthCare
  • Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP)
  • Trust for America's Health (TFAH)