Antimicrobials Division Update - ISSA.com

IV. Coordination and Collaboration• Today, more than ever, we find the need to coordinate withour federal partners and stakeholders:• CDC’s role is to advise healthcare institutions and the public onpractices and procedures for preventing or controlling publichealth microorganisms.• FDA’s role is to protect human health by regulating medicaldevices and accessories.• USDA’s role is to research, regulate and make publicrecommendations about how to mitigate plant and animaldiseases.• We collaborate with hospital associations to see where we canimprove.• We collaborate with industry in a number of areas, from scienceto understanding how our regulations impact the industry.• And we collaborate with our sister programs in EPA.20