What's included
Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are a threat to patient safety. CDC provides national leadership in surveillance, outbreak investigations, laboratory research, and prevention of healthcare-associated infections for health departments and healthcare facilities.
Resources
Resources for investigating healthcare-associated infection (HAI) outbreaks.
Assess and improve a healthcare facility’s infection control and prevention practices.
Free tools and strategy for healthcare and public health professionals to prevent healthcare-associa...
The HAI/AR and Accreditation Crosswalk toolkit helps health department staff understand connections...
Word Doc Version of Transfer Form.
Healthcare Outbreak Response Training
The Healthcare Outbreak Response Training Course introduces learners to key concepts needed to investigate outbreaks in healthcare settings. CDC, the Council for Outbreak Response: HAI and AR (CORHA), and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) collaborated to develop the course for public health professionals in HAI/AR Programs.
Prevention and response toolkits
Setting-specific
CDC provide assistance to health departments & healthcare facilities to stop outbreaks.
Best practices and resources for preventing infections in dialysis settings.
Guidance for personal protective equipment and room restriction in nursing homes for preventing MDRO...
Pathogen- and infection type-specific
Learn about current norovirus outbreaks and alert and common settings where outbreaks occur.
Core strategies for CDI prevention in acute care facilities
Recommendations for health departments responding to NTM outbreaks.
Environmental-specific
Core Components to creating and sustaining clean & safe surfaces in healthcare facilities.
Healthcare facilities should consider these actions to reduce water-based health risks.