Medical Water Resources

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Infection Control Guidelines
• Prevention and Control of Dialysis Associated Infections
• Renal Dialysis Units during a Boil Water Advisory
• Guideline for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia [PDF - 811 kb]
• Dental Offices During a Boil Water Advisory
• Hospitals, Healthcare Facilities, and Nursing Homes during a Boil Water Advisory
• Emergency Operations (includes safe use of tanker water, boil water alerts, etc)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Healthcare Infections and Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)

• Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities [PDF - 4.99 mb]

World Health Organization (WHO)

• Pathogenic mycobacteria in water: A guide to public health consequences, monitoring and management [PDF - 6.81 mb]

United States Department of Health & Human Services

• End Stage Renal Disease - Medicare and Medicaid Conditions For Coverage [PDF - 1.3 mb]

Other Resources

• Dialysis Standards Collection (Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation)