Patient Safety Tool: Infection Control Plan for Outpatient Oncology

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released an infection control and prevention plan geared toward outpatient oncology settings.

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The guideline covers protocols for education and training, surveillance and reporting, standard precautions, transmission-based precautions and central venous catheters, as well as fundamental basics of infection prevention.

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