Online Companion: Nursing Fundamentals: Caring & Clinical Decision Making

Web Sites
Chapter 26: Infection Control

All the Virology on the WWW
http://www.tulane.edu/
Search this site for information on viruses and virology, from Tulane University, New Orleans.

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.
http://www.apic.org/
Offers current infection control news, online continuing education, and professional standards.

Communicable Disease Fact Sheets
http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/
From the Wisconsin Department of Health & Family Services, provides access to articles on a multitude of communicable diseases.

National Center for Infectious Diseases
http://www.cdc.gov/
Search the CDC website for information about programs for the prevention and treatment of infectious disease, the latest travel information, and research on infectious disease.

National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
http://www.medscape.com/
Search Medscape for the latest information on traditional and emerging infections, bioterrorism, immunization, prevention, and treatment.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
www.niaid.nih.gov/
From the National Institutes of Health, describes current knowledge and research about infectious disease prevention and treatment.

University of Michigan Infection Control and Epidemiology Page
http://www.med.umich.edu/
Provides an extensive collection of articles and procedures for infection control.