HOME

February chapter meeting of 2012 will be held on TUESDAY, February 21 at The United Way Center.

Recent Events

	The presentation from January meeting will be available soon.
	Click here to view the pictures gallery from November 2011 Annual holiday Luncheon.

Upcoming Events..

	The next chapter meeting will be held on February 21, 2012. Sharon Nalls, CEM, TEM will be presenting an interesting topic of *"Emergency Preparedness".*
	*^{Save the Date}* March chapter meeting will be held on March 20, 2012. The topic will be announced soon.

News Highlights

In December 2011, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) issued a recommendations on use of new treatment option for latent TB infection. Click here to read the complete recommendations.

In November 2011, The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice (ACIP) released a recommendation of Immunization of Health-Care Personnel. Click here to view the complete document.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released final rules updating Medicare reimbursement for hospital outpatient facilities, ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs), and end-stage renal disease facilities. Click here for a brief summary of provisions that will impact infection preventionists.

A new table listing current and proposed healthcare-associated infection (HAI) reporting requirements to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) via the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) is now available. Click here to view the table.

The Commissioner of Health in Texas announced that mandatory HAI reporting in Texas will begin in October 1, 2011. Click here for the complete letter sent by Neil Pascoe.

On April 4, 2011, CDC published the final version of "2011 Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infection", Click here for the complete document.

The approved 2011 BYLAWS for Houston chapter may be viewed by going to the resources section of the website. Please click here to proceed to resources section.