The following links to infection control related resources should prove useful to you or your colleagues.

• National APIC
• APIC chapters
• Wisconsin APIC
• Centers for Disease Control
• Joint Commission
• National Healthcare Safety Network (formerly NNIS)
• Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA)
• Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)

November 2008 - Illinois public health departments contact/phone number list can be accessed here.

October 2008 – Presentation “NHSN reporting ” by Sylvia Garcia-Houchins can be accessed here.

August 10, 2007 - presentation "Preventing Legionnaires' Disease (and other Waterborne Infections) through Environmental Controls: An Update on Disinfection" by Dr. Janet E. Stout (Chicago APIC educational meeting) can be accessed here.