Long Term Care Facilities

***The guidelines for Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and  Vancomycin resistant Enterococci (VRE) previously posted here are out of date and should not be used.  Please refer to the CDC document, Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Healthcare Settings, 2006.

Schools and Child Care Settings

• Communicable Disease Summary: Guide for Schools, Child Care, and Youth Camps, November 2011
• Update: Multistate Outbreak of Mumps United States, January 1 - May 2, 2006
• Updated Recommendations for Isolation of Persons with Mumps

Shelter Organizations

• DHMH Interim Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Selected Communicable Diseases at Shelters
• DHMH Handwashing Poster
• CDC Infection Control Guidance for Community Evacuation Centers Following Disasters
• CDC Infection Control Recommendations for Prevention of Transmission of Diarrheal Diseases in Evacuation Centers
• CDC “Cover Your Cough” Poster

 Disease-Specific Guidelines

• Hepatitis A Inestigation Guidelines
• Measles Investigation Guidelines
• Mumps Investigation Guidelines
• Pertussis Investigation Guidelines
• Varicella Investigation Guidelines

​​Additional Resources

• Cholera and Other Vibrio Species Infections
• Foodborne and Waterborne Outbreaks for Nonprofit Organizations
• CDC Legionellosis Resource Site
• Nosocomial Pulmonary Aspergillosis

Laboratory Tools

• Instructions for Stool Specimen Collection Kits
• DHMH Guide to Public Health Laboratory Services, January 2011