Association for Professionals in Infection and Epidemiology, Inc.
APIC position paper: immunization. Association for Professionals in Infection and Epidemiology, Inc
Abstract
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC) is a multidisciplinary organization of more than 11,000 health care professionals who practice infection control and epidemiology within a variety of health care settings. As an authority in infection control, APIC endorses the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations that are published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. APIC supports the immunization initiative of the Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives, which contains a national strategy for significantly improving the health of the nation, including preventing infectious diseases through immunization.
Source and rights
Published by American journal of infection control, 1999. The guideline itself is at the source linked here.
Prognia summarises this guideline for reference and education. It is not medical advice. Always check the official guideline and current local protocols before acting on it.
At a glance
- Organisation
- Association for Professionals in Infection and Epidemiology, Inc.
- Published
- 1999
- Applies to
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Scope
- National
- Journal
- American journal of infection control