Managing an outbreak

Agencies

APSIC (Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control)

• A handbook of Infection Control for the Asian Healthcare Work (2022)

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• Principles of Epidemiology: Lesson 6, Section 2|Self-Study Course SS1978|CDC (2016)

World Health Organization (WHO)

• Framework and toolkit for infection prevention and control in outbreak preparedness, readiness and response at the health care facility level (WHO, 2022)
• Framework and toolkit for infection prevention and control in outbreak preparedness, readiness and response at the national level (WHO, 2021)
• Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network (PPHSN): Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines (2021)

EU/EEA countries

Austria

• PROHYG 3.0 Organisation und Strategie der Krankenhaushygiene (2024)

Cyprus

• ΔΙΑΧΕΙΡΙΣΗ ΕΠΙΔΗΜΙΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΑΛΛΩΝ ΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΕΩΝ ΕΚΤΑΚΤΗΣ ΑΝΑΓΚΗΣ ΣΕ ΧΩΡΟΥΣ ΠΑΡΟΧΗΣ ΥΠΗΡΕΣΙΩΝ ΥΓΕΙΑΣ (2025)

Czechia

• Chapter 7.3 page 587, Outbreak investigation in Jindrák V, Hedlová D, Urbášková P, et al. Antibiotická politika a prevence infekcí v nemocnici. 1. vydání. Nakladatelství Mladá fronta 2014, pp. 712, ISBN 978-80-204-2815-8

Denmark

• Generelle forholdsregler for sundhedssektoren, 1. udgave 2017
• Nationale Infektionshygiejniske Retningslinjer - Supplerende om forholdsregler ved infektioner og bærertilstand i sundhedssektoren (2019)
• Vejledning om forebyggelse af spredning af CPO (2018)

Estonia

• Infektsioonikontrollialase toimepidevuse ja riskijuhtimise metoodika hoolekandeasutustele (2024)

Germany

• RKI - Hygienisch-mikrobiologische Überwachung, Surveillance und Ausbruchsmanagement (2022)
• Surveillance von nosokomialen Infektionenn (2022)  
• Ausbruchsmanagement und strukturiertes Vorgehen bei gehäuftem Auftreten nosokomialer Infektionen (2002)
• Empfehlungen der Kommission für Infektions­prävention in medizinischen Ein­richtungen und in Ein­richtungen und Unter­nehmen der Pflege und Ein­gliederungs­hilfe (KRINKO)
• Hygiene requirements for cleaning and disinfection of surfaces: recommendation of the Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention (KRINKO) at the Robert Koch Institute
• Anforderungen an die Hygiene bei der Reinigung und Desinfektion von Flächen (2022)

Ireland

• Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Guideline (2025)
• Acute Hospital Infection Prevention and Control guidance on the prevention and management of cases and outbreaks of respiratory viral infections (2025)
• National Standards for infection prevention and control in community services (2018)
• Public Health and Infection Prevention and Control guidance on the prevention and management of cases and outbreaks of respiratory viral infections in Residential Care Facilities (2025)

Latvia

• Informatīvais materiāls par Multirezistentu mikroorganismu (MRMO) uzliesmojumu izmeklēšanu un ierobežošanu slimnīcā (2025)

Netherlands

• LCI-richtlijnen

Norway

• Utbruddshåndboka (tidl. utbruddsveilederen)
• Tiltak ved utbrudd (2023)

Romania

• Ghiduri si protocoale – Institutul Național de Sănătate Publică

Slovenia

• Preiskava izbruha - Nijz (2025)

Sweden

• Åtgärder mot smittspridning av virusorsakade luftvägsinfektioner inom vård och omsorgg (2024)
• Virusorsakad gastroenterit, inklusive vinterkräksjuka - Vårdhandboken (2025) 

Ukraine

• Про організацію профілактики інфекцій та інфекційного контролю в закладах охорони здоров'я та установах/ закладах надання соціальних послуг/ соціального захисту населення (2021)

Countries outside the EU/EEA

Australia 

• Government of New South Wales - The Clinical Excellence Commission: Infection Prevention and Control Practice Handbook (2020)
• Government of Western Australia - WA Country Health Service: Exposure and Outbreak Management in Healthcare Facilities Policy (2025)

Canada

• Ontario Ministry of Health: Recommendations for Outbreak Prevention and Control in Institutions and Congregate Living Settings (2025)
• Alberta Health Services: Guide for Outbreak Prevention & Control in Acute Care Sites (2025)

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

• Ministry of Health: Healthcare-Associated Outbreak Management Manual (2023)

United Kingdom

• Generic Outbreak Control Measure Trigger Tool (for outbreaks where there has been or might be Person-to-Person Transmission via people, equipment or the environment) (Health Protection Scotland, 2014)
• Communicable disease outbreak management guidance (2025)