MMWR Recommendations and Reports: Past Volume (2002)

The MMWR Recommendations and Reports contain in-depth articles that relay policy statements for prevention and treatment on all areas in CDC's scope of responsibility (e.g., recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices).

December 6, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. RR--19 / Pg. 1 - 8

• Laboratory Security and Emergency Response Guidance for Laboratories Working with Select Agents
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November 22, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. RR--18 / Pg. 1 - 40

• U.S. Public Health Service Task Force Recommendations for Use of Antiretroviral Drugs in Pregnant HIV-1--Infected Women--for Maternal Health and Interventions To Reduce Perinatal HIV-1 Transmission in the United States
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November 8, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. RR--17 / Pg. 1 - 12

• Yellow Fever Vaccine: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2002
• Appendix Waiver Letters from Physicians
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October 25, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. RR--16 / Pg. 1 - 48

• Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings: Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee and the HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force
• Appendix: Antimicrobial Spectrum and Characteristics of Hand-Hygiene Antiseptic Agents
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October 18, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. RR--15 / Pg. 1 - 40

• Screening Tests To Detect Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infections --- 2002
• Appendix A: Indications for Chlamydia trachomatis Testing and Test Selection by Specimen Type
• Appendix B: Indications for Neisseria gonorrhoeae Testing and Test Selection by Specimen Type
• Appendix C: Conducting Studies To Evaluate Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Tests, Including Studies Required by the Regulations of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 for Verifying or Establishing Test Performance Characteristics
• Appendix D: Recommendations for Transport and Storage of Specimens for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Testing, by Testing Procedure Type
• Appendix E: Chlamydia trachomatis Screening Recommendations
• Appendix F: Characteristics of Neisseria and Related Species of Human Origin
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September 20, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. RR--14 / Pg. 1 - 12

• Core Functions and Capabilities of State Public Health Laboratories: A Report of the Association of Public Health Laboratories
• National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect: Defining the National Agenda for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Other Prenatal Alcohol-Related Effects
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September 13, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. RR--13 / Pg. 1 - 20
Folic Acid and Prevention of Spina Bifida and Anencephaly 10 Years After the U.S. Public Health Service Recommendation

• Introduction
• Serum Folate Levels Among Women Attending Family Planning Clinics --- Georgia, 2000
• Spina Bifida and Anencephaly Prevalence --- United States, 1991--2001
• Sociodemographic Patterns in Spina Bifida Birth Prevalence Trends --- North Carolina, 1995--1999
• Folic Acid Awareness and Use Among Women with a History of a Neural Tube Defect Pregnancy --- Texas, 2000--2001
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August 30, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. RR--12 / Pg. 1 - 16
Women and Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General Executive Summary

• Message from Tommy G. Thompson Secretary of Health and Human Services
• Foreword
• Preface from the Surgeon General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Women and Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General Executive Summary
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August 16, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. RR--11 / Pg. 1 - 24

• Prevention of Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease: Revised Guidelines from CDC
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August 9, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. RR--10 / Pg. 1 - 32

• Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections
• Appendix A: Examples of Clinical Definitions for Catheter-Related Infections
• Appendix B:  Summary of Recommended Frequency of Replacements for Catheters, Dressings, Administration Sets, and Fluids
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July 26, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. RR--9 / Pg. 1 - 12

• Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome --- United States: Updated Recommendations for Risk Reduction
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June 14, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. RR--8 / Pg. 1 - 52

• Guidelines for Preventing Opportunistic Infections Among HIV-Infected Persons -- 2002: Recommendations of the U.S. Public Health Service and the Infectious Diseases Society of America
• Appendix: Recommendations To Help Patients Avoid Exposure to or Infection from Opportunistic Pathogens
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May 17, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. RR--7 / Pg. 1 - 56

• Guidelines for Using Antiretroviral Agents Among HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents: Recommendations of the Panel on Clinical Practices for Treatment of HIV
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May 10, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. RR--6 / Pg. 1 - 80

• Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines 2002
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May 3, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. RR--5 / Pg. 1 - 16

• Progressing Toward Tuberculosis Elimination in Low-Incidence Areas of the United States: Recommendations of the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis
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April 26, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. RR--4 / Pg. 1 - 20

• Guidelines for School Programs To Prevent Skin Cancer
• Appendix A: Public Health Action Steps from the International Agency for Research on Cancer
• Appendix B: Sunscreen: How To Select, Apply, and Use It Correctly
• Appendix C: Skin Cancer Education Resources
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April 12, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. RR--3 / Pg. 1 - 32

• Prevention and Control of Influenza: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
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February 8, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. RR--2 / Pg. 1 - 36

• General Recommendations on Immunization: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
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February 1, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. RR--1 / Pg. 1 - 8

• Community Interventions to Promote Healthy Social Environments: Early Childhood Development and Family Housing: A Report on Recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services
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