RESOURCE LIST FOR INFECTIONS
The following organizations may be helpful in helping you care for someone prone to infections:
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC)
1275 K St., NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC, 20005-4006
Phone: 1-202-789-1890
Fax: 1-202-789-1899
About Us: APIC's mission "is to improve health and patient safety by reducing risks of infection and other adverse outcomes."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Division of Healthcare Quality and Promotion (DHQP)
1600 Clifton Rd
Atlanta, GA 30333
Phone: 1-800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636)
TTY: 1-888- 232-6348
Email: cdcinfo@cdc.gov
Infection Protection Society (IPS)
c/o FitwiseManagement Ltd
Drumcross Hall
Bathgate
EH48 4JT
UK
About Us: The IPS "exists to promote the advancement of education in infection prevention and control for the benefit of the community as a whole, in particular by the provision of training courses, accreditation schemes, education materials, meetings and conferences."
RID: Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths
Attn: Betsy McCaughey
185 East 85th Street, Suite 35B
New York, NY 10028
Phone: 1-212-369-3329
About Us: RID "is a not-for-profit educational campaign committed to correcting a deadly problem that kills more people each year in the U.S. than AIDS, breast cancer, and auto accidents combined."
Surgical Infection Society
Attn: William Cheadle, MD
Secretary, Surgical Infection Society
2nd Floor Ambulatory Care Building
550 S. Jackson Street
Louisville, KY, 40292
Phone: 1-502-852-1895
FAX: 1-502-852-8915
E-mail: wg.cheadle@louisville.edu
About Us: The mission of the SIS "is to educate health care providers and the public about infection in surgical patients and promote research in the understanding, prevention and management of surgical infections."