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GUIDELINES, CODES, POLICIES & STANDARDS Family Medicine Guidelines FAMILY MEDICINE GUIDELINES & POLICIES - American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Multimedia Guidelines & Policies (Text & Images). For more information see the American Academy of Family Physicians FAMILY PRACTICE MANAGEMENT TOOLBOX (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Multimedia Family Practice Management Toolbox: Family Practice Medical Calculator; Family Practice Clinical Calculator; Family Practice Forms; etc. (Text & Images). The American Academy of Family Physicians "...is one of the largest national medical organizations, representing more than 94,000 family physicians, family medicine residents, and medical students nationwide. Founded in 1947, its mission has been to preserve and promote the science and art of family medicine and to ensure high-quality, cost-effective health care for patients of all ages..." Examples from over "50" "Family Practice Management" Calculators & Spreadsheets include "...Call Distribution Spreadsheet; Coding Frequency Comparison Spreadsheet; Medical Decision-Making Reference Calculator; Evidence-based Encounter Form for Acute Otitis Media Spreadsheet; etc..." Evidence-based Encounter Form for Acute Knee Injury Spreadsheet; Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Cost-savings Calculator; Vital Signs Spreadsheet; Coronary Angioplasty Risk Calculator; CURB-65 and CURB-65 Severity Scores for Community-Acquired Pneumonia Calculator; etc..." For more information see Family Practice Management or the American Academy of Family Physicians Clinical Medicine Guidelines CLINICAL MEDICINE GUIDELINES - American College of Physicians Multimedia Clinical Medicine Practice Guidelines (Text & Images). For more information see the American College of Physicians Anesthesiology Guidelines ANESTHESIOLOGY STANDARDS, GUIDELINES AND STATEMENTS - American Society of Anesthesiologists Multimedia Anesthesiology Standards, Guidelines & Statements (Text & Images). For more information see the Clinical Information or American Society of Anesthesiologists Chemical Health Guidelines HAZ-MAP - Specialized Information Services (SIS) Division, National Library of Medicine (NLM) Multimedia Occupational Health Exposure to Chemicals & Biologicals Database (Text & Images). Occupational Health Exposure to Chemicals & Biologicals Database (HAZ-MAP) is "...designed for health and safety professionals and for consumers seeking information about the health effects of exposure to chemicals and biologicals at work. Haz-Map links jobs and hazardous tasks with occupational diseases and their symptoms..." For more information see Environmental Health and Toxicology; Specialized Information Services (SIS) Division or the National Library of Medicine (NLM) NIOSH/OSHA/DOE HEALTH GUIDELINES - OSHA Technical, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor Multimedia Chemical Health Guidelines - Chemical Health Database (Text & Images). NIOSH/OSHA/DOE Health Guidelines "...summarize pertinent information about chemicals for workers and employers as well as for physicians, industrial hygienists, and other occupational safety and health professionals who may need such information to conduct effective occupational safety and health programs..." Examples of Chemicals, Dust, etc. within the "NIOSH/OSHA/DOE Health Database" include "...Aluminum; Arsenic; Chlorine Trifluoride; Chromium II; Coal Dust; Diazomethane; Dimethylamine; Ethanolamine; Ethyl Butyl Ketone; Formic Acid; Halothane; Hydrogen Bromide; Mercury Vapor; Oil Mist, Mineral Oil; Tetramethyl Lead; Thioglycolic Acid; Uranium & Insoluble Compounds; Vinylidene Chloride; Welding Fumes; Wood Dust; etc..." For more information see Subject Index or OSHA INTEGRATED RISK INFORMATION SYSTEM - Specialized Information Services Division, Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program, National Library of Medicine Multimedia Integrated Risk Information System Database (Text & Images). Integrated Risk Information System is a "...Hazard identification and dose-response assessments for over 500 chemicals..." Examples of "Integrated Risk Information System" Sections include Substance Identification; Reference Dose for Exposure "...Critical Effect; Experimental Dose; Conversion Factors; etc...." Chronic Health Hazard Assessment; etc. For more information see TOXNET

Clinical Laboratory Guidelines CLINICAL GUIDELINES FOR CLINICAL LABORATORY PRACTICE - Ontario Association of Medical Laboratories, Ontario, Canada Clinical Guidelines for Clinical Laboratory Practice "...are intended to support improved patient outcomes by encouraging better informed decision-making by providers and the more efficient use of health care resources..." For more information see Ontario Association of Medical Laboratories ICD-9, ICD-10 & Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, FUNCTIONING, AND DISABILITY - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) CDC's "Classification of Diseases, Functioning, and Disability" includes International Classification of Diseases (ICD) ICD-9 & ICD-10 "...classification used to code and classify mortality data from death certificates..." International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification; ICD-9-CM & ICD-10-CM "...used to code and classify morbidity data from the inpatient and outpatient records, physician offices, and most National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) surveys..." International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF); Classification of Death and Injury Resulting from Terrorism; etc..." For more information see the National Center for Health Statistics or the CDC CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY (CPT) CODES - American Medical Association (AMA) For more information see Solutions Managing Your Practice or the American Medical Association (AMA) INDEX OF ICD-9 CODES FOR FAMILY PRACTICE - American Academy of Family Physicians For more information see Practice Management or the American Academy of Family Physicians

End-of-Life Care CONSENSUS PANEL ON END-OF-LIFE CARE - Center for Ethics & Professionalism, American College of Physicians Multimedia End-of-Life Care Consensus Papers (Text & Images). Examples of "Concensus Panael on End-of-Life" Subject Categories include "...Care at the End of Life: Guiding Practice Where There Are No Easy Answers; Discussing Palliative Care with Patients; Dying Patients in the ICU: Forgoing Treatment, Maintaining Care; Assessing and Managing Depression in the Terminally Ill Patient; etc..." For more information see End-of-Life Care; Ethics Manual; Center for Ethics & Professionalism or the American College of Physicians END-OF-LIFE CARE - a Joint Project of the Ian Anderson Continuing Education Program in End-of Life Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; the Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto; and the Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto Multimedia End-of Life Care Guidelines, Lessons, Cases, Slides (Text & Images). Examples of "End-of-Live Care" Guidelines & Lessons include "...Palliative Care - Standards and Models; Pain Management; Symptom Management; End-of-Life Decision-Making; Communication with Patients and Families; End-of-Life Decision-Making in Pediatric Palliative Care; etc..." For more information see Ian Anderson Continuing Education Program in End-of Life Care or the Faculty of Medicine Emergency Medicine Guidelines EMERGENCY MEDICINE - eMedicine Multimedia Infectious Disease Clinical Knowledge Base/Practice Guidelines, CME Available (Text, Images & Simulations). Infectious Disease Clinical Practice Guidelines for each of the over "30" Subject Categories & over "600" Articles include "...Author Information; Introduction; Clinical (History, Physical & Causes); Differentials; Workup (Lab Studies, Imaging Studies, etc.); Treatment; Medication; Follow-Up & Miscellaneous (Medical/Legal Pitfalls, etc.)..." Examples of "Emergency Clinical Practice" Subject Categories include "...Allergy and Immunology Emergency Medicine; Cardiovascular Emergency Medicine; Dermatology Emergency Medicine; Ear, Nose, and Throat Emergency Medicine; Endocrine and Metabolic Emergency Medicine; Epidemiology Emergency Medicine; Gastrointestinal Emergency Medicine; Genitourinary Emergency Medicine; Hematology and Oncology Emergency Medicine; Implantable Devices Emergency Medicine; Infectious Diseases Emergency Medicine; International Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine; Neurology Emergency Medicine; Obstetrics and Gynecology Emergency Medicine; Ophthalmology Emergency Medicine; Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Pulmonary Emergency Medicine; Toxicology Emergency Medicine; Trauma and Orthopedics; Warfare Emergency Medicine: Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives; etc..." Ethics ETHICS MANUAL - Center for Ethics & Professionalism, American College of Physicians Multimedia Ethics Manual (Text & Images). Examples of "Ethics Manual" Categories & Subcategories include "...The Physician and the Patient Initiating and Discontinuing the Patient-Physician Relationship; Confidentiality; The Patient and the Medical Record; Disclosure; Informed Consent; etc..." The Ethics of Practice "...Financial Arrangements; Financial Conflicts of Interest; etc..." The Physician and Society "...Resource Allocation; Relation of the Physician to Government; Medicine and the Law; etc..." The Physician's Relationship to Other Clinicians; "...Attending Physicians and Physicians in Training; Consultation; The Impaired Physician; Peer Review; etc..." Research; etc. For more information see Center for Ethics & Professionalism or the American College of Physicians CONSENSUS PANEL ON END-OF-LIFE CARE - Center for Ethics & Professionalism, American College of Physicians Multimedia End-of-Life Care Consensus Papers (Text & Images). Examples of "Concensus Panael on End-of-Life" Subject Categories include "...Care at the End of Life: Guiding Practice Where There Are No Easy Answers; Discussing Palliative Care with Patients; Dying Patients in the ICU: Forgoing Treatment, Maintaining Care; Assessing and Managing Depression in the Terminally Ill Patient; etc..." For more information see End-of-Life Care; Ethics Manual; Center for Ethics & Professionalism or the American College of Physicians

Infectious Diseases Guidelines INFECTIOUS DISEASE PRACTICE GUIDELINES - The Infectious Diseases Society of America Multimedia Infectious Disease Practice Guidelines (Text & Images). Examples of "The Infectious Diseases Society of America Infectious Disease Practice Guidelines" Categories & Subcategories include Antimicrobial Agent Use "...Antimicrobial Resistance; Antimicrobial Stewardship; etc..." Infections by Organ Systems "...Central Nervous System; Cardiovascular; Genitourinary; Intra-abdominal; Lower & Upper Respiratory; Skeletal (Bones/Joints); etc..." Infections by Oranism "...Bacteria; Fungi; Viruses; etc..." Fever and Infection; etc. For more information see the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) HIV GUIDE - Johns Hopkins Aids Service, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University Multimedia HIV Cases, HIV Prescription Drug Database, HIV Lessons, etc. (Text, Images & Simulations). Examples of "Johns Hopkins Aids Service HIV Guide" Categories include "...Diagnosis; Drugs; Pathogen; Management & Resistance Tool; etc..." For more information see Johns Hopkins Aids Service HIV INSITE - a collaborative project of the Positive Health Program at San Francisco General Hospital and the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, components of the University's AIDS Research Institute, University of California San Francisco Multimedia HIV Clinical Guidelines, HIV Cases, HIV Databases, HIV Lessons, etc. (Text, Images & Simulations). Examples of "HIV InSite Gateway to HIV and AIDS Knowledge" Categories include "...Database of ARV Drug Interactions; Diagnosis and Management of Primary (Acute) HIV Infection; etc..." OB/GYN Guidelines GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS CLINICAL PRACITICE GUIDELINES (PDF) - The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologist of Canada Multimedia Gynecology & Obstetrics Clinical Practice Guidelines (Text & Images). Examples of "Gynecology & Obstetrics Clinical Practice Guidelines" include "...Aboriginal Health; Maternal-Fetal Medicine; Medico-Legal Issues; Diagnostic Imaging; Reproductive and Infertility; Social and Sexual Issues; etc..." For more information see The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologist of Canada (SOGC0) OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNAECOLOGISTS GUIDELINES - Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), U.K. Multimedia Obstetrics Clinical Practice Guidelines & Gynaecology & Gynecology Clinical Practice Guidelines (Text & Images). Examples of "Obstetrics & Gynecology Clinical Practice Guidelines" include "...Clinical Green Top Guidelines; Clinical Governance Advice; Clinical Standards; National Evidence-based Guidelines; Scientific Opinion Papers; Statements; etc..." For more information see the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) Parasites IDENTIFICATION AND DIAGNOSIS OF PARASITES OF PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN (DPDx) - Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Multimedia Parasites & Parasitic Diseases Atlas, Parasites & Parasitic Diseases Cases, Diagnostic Procedures, Parasites & Parasitic Diseases Lessons (Text & Images). DPDx "...Concise reviews of parasites and parasitic diseases, including an image library and a review of recommended diagnostic procedures...Interactive exchanges", etc..." Examples of "DPDx: Identification and Diagnosis of Parasites of Public Health Concern" Categories include Parasites of the Intestinal Tract; Blood-borne Parasites; Parasites Found in Other Sites; Diagnostic Procedures; Parasite Image Library; etc..." For more information see Division of Parasitic Diseases (DPD); National Center for Infectious Diseases or the CDC Examples of "DPDx: Identification and Diagnosis of Parasites of Public Health Concern" Categories include Parasites of the Intestinal Tract Blood-borne Parasites Parasites Found in Other Sites Diagnostic Procedures Examples of "Diagnostic Procedures" include Blood Specimes "...Specimen Collection & Processing; Shipment; Staining; Microscopic Examination; Molecular Diagnosis; etc..." Serum/Plasma Specimes; Stool Specimens; Other Specimens. Poisons POISONS INFORMATION MONOGRAPHS - IPCS INCHEM, International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) and the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) Multimedia Poisons Database (Text & Images). Each "Poison Information Monograph" includes "...Substance; Group; Synonyms; Main risks and target organs; Summary of clinical effects; Diagnosis; First-aid measures and management principles; Origin of the substance; Chemical structure; Physical properties; Uses; Routes of Entry; Kinetics; Toxicology; Toxicological analyses; Biomedical analyses; Arterial blood gas analysis; Haematological analyses; Clinical Effects; etc..." For more information see IPCS INCHEM Preventive Medicine Guidelines GUIDE TO CLINICAL PREVENTIVE SERVICES - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Department of Health & Human Services Guide to Clinical Preventive Services "...provides the latest available recommendations on preventive interventions: screening tests, counseling, immunizations, and chemoprophylactic regimens for more than 80 conditions..." For more information see Clinical Information; Preventive Services or the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Psychiatry Guidelines PSYCHIATRY PRACTICE GUIDELINES - The American Psychiatric Association Multimedia Psychiatry Guidelines (Text & Images). For more information see Psychiatric Practice The American Psychiatric Association Reproductive Medicine Guidelines REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE GUIDELINES & STATEMENTS (PDF) - American Society for Reproductive Medicine Multimedia Reproductive Medicine Guidelines & Statements (Text & Images). Examples of "Reproductive Medicine Guidelines & Statements" include "...Aging and infertility in women; Blastocyst culture and transfer in clinical-assisted reproduction; The clinical utility of sperm DNA integrity testing; Definition of "infertility"; etc..." For more information see American Society for Reproductive Medicine Snake Bite Guidelines CLINICAL TOXINOLOGY (POISONOUS SNAKES, SPIDERS, SCORPIONS, MARINE LIFE, TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATES & INVERTEBRATES, PLANTS & MUSHROOMS WORLD WIDE) - Toxinology Department, Women's & Children's Hospital (WCH), Adelaide, Australia, & the Department of Paediatrics, University of Adelaide (UA), Australia Multimedia Clinical Toxinology Databses, Lessons, Publications, Technical Reports (Text & Images). Clinical Toxinology "...provide information useful to improving outcomes for humans suffering from envenoming or poisoning by animals, plants or mushrooms..." Examples of "Clinical Toxinology" Subject Categories include "...Poisonous Snakes; Spiders & Scorpions; Marine Life; Terrestrial Vertebrates; Terrestrial Invertebrates; Poisonous Plants; etc..." Clinical Toxinology Content for each Species includes "...Taxonomy and Description; Distribution; Synomomy; Venom Research; Clinical Symptoms and Treatment; Clinical Case Summaries from Literature; First Aid; Antivenom & Antidotes Manufacturers and Suppliers; etc..." For more information see the Toxinology Department SNAKE BITE PROTOCOL INDEX - T.M. Davidson, Surgery/Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery & Director, UCSD Nasal Dysfunction Clinic, Division of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, UCSD Medical Center, University of California, San Diego Multimedia First Aid & Medical Management Snake Bite Guidelines (Text & Images). Examples of "First Aid & Medical Management Snake Bite Guidelines" include "...Death Adders; Puff Adders; Gaboon Vipers; Kraits; Bushmaster; Rattlesnakes; Mambas; Cobras; Taipans; Vipers; etc..." For more information see Snake Bite Protocol Home Page; Terence M. Davidson's Home Page; Division of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery or the Department of Surgery VENOMDOC - B.G. Fry, Deputy Director, Australian Venom Research Unit, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Australia Multimedia Clinical Snakes, Amphibians, Scorpions, etc. Technical Reports & Guidelines (Text & Images). Examples of "VENOMDOC's" Clinical Technical Reports & Guidelines for Snakes, Amphibians, Scorpions, etc. include Antivenom; Snake LD50 "...Intramuscular; Intraperitoneal; Intravenous; Subcutaneous..." Hemotoxinology; Neurotoxinology "...Amphibian neurotoxins; Cone Snail neurotoxins; Scorpion neurotoxins; Snake neurotoxins; Spider neurotoxins; Tetrodotoxin..." etc.

ARMED FORCES MEDICAL GUIDELINES & MANUALS Combat Stress Control COMBAT STRESS CONTROL - Headqarters, Department of Army, Washington, D.C., and hosted by the Medical Education Division, Brookside Associates For more information see the Medical Education Division, Brookside Associates Examples from over "12" "Combat Stress Control" Chapters include Combat Stress Behaviors Leaders' Manual for Combat Stress Control Aviation Medicine THE NAVAL FLIGHT SURGEON'S POCKET REFERENCE TO AIRCRAFT MISHAP INVESTIGATION - Naval Aerospace Medicine, Department of the Navy Mulitmedia The Naval Flight Surgeon's Pocket Reference to Aircraft Mishap Investigation Manual - PDF, 231 Pages (Text & Images). Examples of "The Naval Flight Surgeon's Pocket Reference to Aircraft Mishap Investigation" Manual Chapters & Subchapters include "...Premishap Planning Premishap Plans; Bloodborne Pathogens; Composite-Fiber Material; Aeromedical Mishap Investigation Kit; etc. Post Mishap Duties Immediate Post-Mishap Duties of the Flight Surgeon; Post Mishap Physical Examination; Survivor Laboratory Specimen Collection; etc. Investigation Tools Photography; Diagrams of Wreckage; Wreckage Evaluation, Recovery and Preservation; The Autopsy; etc..." For more information see the Naval Safety Center

FOODBORNE ILLNESSES Diagnosis & Management of Foodborne Illnesses DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF FOODBORNE ILLNESSES: A PRIMER FOR PHYSICIANS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS - Produced Collaboratively by the: American Medical Association, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA & the Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Hosted by the American Medical Association (AMA) Multimedia Diagnosis and Management of Foodborne Illnesses Textbook (Text & Images). Diagnosis and Management of Foodborne Illnesses Textbook "...is intended to provide health professionals with current and accurate information for the diagnosis, treatment and reporting of foodborne illnesses..." For more information see the American Medical Association (AMA) Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms BAD BUG BOOK: FOODBORNE PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS AND NATURAL TOXINS - Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Multimedia Foodborne Disease Textbook (Text & Images). The Bad Bug Book "...provides basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins. It brings together in one place information from the Food & Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, the USDA Food Safety Inspection Service, and the National Institutes of Health..." For more information see Food PARASITIC DISEASES RELATED TO FOOD - Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Multimedia Parasitic Diseases Related to Food Database (Text & Images). Parasitic Diseases Related to Food "...Numerous parasites can be transmitted by food including many protozoa and helminths. In the United States, the most common foodborne parasites are protozoa such as..." For more information see Division of Parasitic Diseases (DPD); National Center for Infectious Diseases or the CDC Microbiological Methods FDA BACTERIOLOGICAL ANALYTICAL MANUAL (BAM) - Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Multimedia Bacteriological Analytical Manual (Bacteriology Protocols) (Text & Images). FDA Bacteriological Analytical Manual "...presents the agency's preferred laboratory procedures for microbiological analyses of foods and cosmetics..." Examples of FDA "Bacteriological Analytical Manual" Bacteriology Protocols Categories & Subcategories include "...General Guidelines & Procedures; Methods for Specific Pathogens "...Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli; Salmonella; Shigella; Clostridium perfringens; Yeasts, Molds and Mycotoxins; etc..." Methods for Microbial Toxins; Gene Probe Methods for Foodborne Pathogens; Additional Methods "...Examination of Canned Foods; Examination of Metal Containers for Integrity; Examination of Glass Containers for Integrity; Microbiological Methods for Cosmetics; etc..." For more information see the Microbiological Methods or Food MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY GUIDEBOOK - Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS), Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS), Department of Agriculture (USDA) Multimedia Microbiology Laboratory Guidebook (Microbiology Protocols) (Text & Images). Microbiology Laboratory Guidebook "...contains current protocols for analytical tests required by FSIS regulatory activities on meat, poultry and egg products. Specifically, microbiological methods are presented for sample preparation, isolation..." Examples from the "Microbiology Laboratory Guidebook" Microbiology Protocols include "...Physical Examination Of Meat And Poultry Products; Isolation And Identification Of Salmonella From Meat, Poultry And Egg Products; FSIS Procedure for the Use of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and O157:NM (Nonmotile) Screening Tests; Tests For Enzymes In Meat And Meat Products; Identification Of Animal Species in Meat and Poultry Products; Detection And Identification Of Extraneous Material In Meat And Poultry Products; For more information see the Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS) or the Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS) THE COMPENDIUM OF ANALYTICAL METHODS - Evaluation Division, Bureau of Microbiological Hazards, Food Directorate, Health Protection Branch, Health Canada Multimedia Microbiological Analysis of Foods (Microbiology Protocols) (Text & Images). Examples from the "The Compendium of Analytical Methods" Microbiology Protocols of Foods include "...BMH Guidelines on the Use of PCR Technology for the Detection of Bacterial Foodborne Pathogens; Microbiological Examination of Ice Cream and Ice Milk; Determination of Sediments in Milk Isolation and Identification of Salmonella from Foods; etc..." For more information see the Analytical Methods; Research Programs and Analytical Methods; Food & Nutrition or Health Canada

GENETIC DISEASES & TESTING Genetic Disease & Gene Tests GENETIC DIAGNOSTIC TESTS - Medical Genetics Laboratories, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine Multimedia Genetic Diagnostic Tests Database (Text & Images). Examples of "Genetic Diagnostic Tests" include "...Biochemical; Cytogenetics; DNA; Mitochondrial; Prenatal; etc..." Depending on Test, Each Genetic Diagnostic Test includes "...Type of Analysis; Description; Specimen Requirements; Normal Range; CPT Codes; Test Codes; etc..." For more information see Medical Genetics Laboratories or the Department of Molecular and Human Genetics GENETIC ASSOCIATION DATABASE (GAD) - K.G. Becker, K.C. Barnes, T.J. Bright, S.A. Wang & H. Cheung, Gene Expression and Genomics Unit (GEGU), National Institute on Aging Multimedia Genetic Association Database (Text & Images). Genetic Association Database (GAD) is "...an archive of human genetic association studies of complex diseases and disorders. The goal of this database is to allow the user to rapidly identify medically relevant polymorphism from the large volume of polymorphism and mutational data, in the context of standardized nomenclature..." Genetic Association Database (GAD) is "...intended for use primarily by medical scientists and other professionals concerned with genetic disorders, by genetics researchers, and by advanced students in science and medicine..." For more information see Kevin G. Becker's Home Page; Gene Expression and Genomics Unit (GEGU); Intramural Research Program or the National Institute on Aging Offices, Laboratories and Services GENETIC DISEASE DATABASE & GENE TESTS - GeneTests-GeneClinics, Children's Health System and the University of Washington, Seattle Multimedia Genetic Disease Databases, Genetic Disease Cases, Disease Profiles, Genetic Disease Tests, etc. (Text & Images). GeneTests-GeneClinics "...a genetic testing resource that includes: A Genetics Laboratory Directory; A resource list of Genetics Clinics; An introduction to Genetic Counseling and Testing concepts..." Genetics Disease Cases "...View All Diseases; View Overviews and Related Diseases; Select by Disease Category..." HUMAN GENES AND DISEASE MAPS - National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, NIH For more information see the National Institutes of Health HOSPITAL: INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL Infectious Disease Control INFECTION CONTROL - Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, The Johns Hopkins University Multimedia Infectious Diseases Guidelines (Text & Images). Infectious Diseases includes "...treatment and prevention information, links of interest and frequently asked questions. Up to date biological and clinical information will be available for both common and uncommon nosocomial diseases..." Examples of "Infectious Diseases" include "...Aspergillus; Cytomegalovirus (CMV); Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase; Influenza; Legionella; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); Multidrug-Resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter; etc..." For more information see Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Control or the Johns Hopkins University INFECTION CONTROL IN HEALTHCARE SETTINGS - Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Multimedia Guidelines, Publications & Technical Reports (Text & Images). Infection Control in Healthcare Settings "...dedicated to assisting the Public Health Service, state and local health departments, hospitals, and professional organizations worldwide in the prevention and control of nosocomial infections..." For more information see the National Center for Infectious Diseases or the CDC Examples of "Infection Control in Healthcare Settings" Guidelines include Healthcare-Associated Infections Guidelines Healthcare-Associated Infections Guidelines "...List of Infectious Diseases in Healthcare Setting; Antimicrobial Resistance; Bloodborne Pathogens..." Protecting Patients Guidelines Protecting Patients Guidelines "...Protecting Patients from Bloodborne Pathogens; Device & Procedure-Associated Conditions; etc..." Protecting Healthcare Workers Guidelines Protecting Healthcare Workers Guidelines "...Occupational Health Guidelines; Immunization of Healthcare Workers; etc..." Infection Control Guidelines Infection Control Guidelines "... Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings; Guidelines for Preventing Opportunistic Infections Among Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients; Guidelines & Recommendations for Ventilation, Construction, and Renovation of Hospitals; etc..."

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