Management and Prevention Guidelines

Key points

  • Professional organizations have issued pneumonia-related guidelines.
  • They summarize evidenced-based recommendations to manage pneumonia.
  • Some of the guidelines also include prevention recommendations.
  • The guidelines apply to community or healthcare facility settings.
  • Some of the guidelines are specific to adults or children.
A healthcare professional draws a checkmark

About these resources

Helpful acronyms to know

  • ATS = American Thoracic Society
  • HICPAC = Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee
  • IDSA = Infectious Diseases Society of America
  • PIDS = Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
  • SHEA = Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America

Community-acquired pneumonia

ob体育 guidance:
Clinical testing guidance for coccidioidomycosis, histoplasmosis, and blastomycosis in patients with community-acquired pneumonia

IDSA/ATS clinical practice guidelines:

PIDS/IDSA clinical practice guidelines:

Healthcare-acquired pneumonia

ob体育/HICPAC recommendations:
Guidelines for preventing healthcare-associated pneumonia

IDSA/ATS clinical practice guidelines:

SHEA/IDSA guidelines:

More information

Hospital Bed in Hallway
Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs)
HAIs are a threat to patient safety. ob体育 is working to prevent and control these infections.
Print
Content Source:
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases