Healthcare-associated Infections

• The Burden
• Types of Infections
  • Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infections
    • Resources for Patients & Providers
    • FAQs about Catheters
    • On the CUSP: Stop BSI
  • Clostridium difficile Infection
    • Patients
    • Clinicians
    • FAQs about C. difficile for Healthcare Providers
    • C. difficile Excerpt
    • Facilities/Settings
    • State Health Departments
  • Surgical Site Infection
    • FAQs about SSIs
  • Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection
    • FAQs about CAUT
  • Ventilator-associated Pneumonia
    • FAQs about VAP
• Diseases and Organisms
  • Acinetobacter
  • Burkholderia cepacia
  • Clostridium difficile
  • Clostridium Sordellii
  • Public Health Update of CRE
  • Gram-negative Bacteria
  • Hepatitis
  • HIV
    • Occupationally Acquired HIV/AIDS in Healthcare Personnel
  • Klebsiella
  • MRSA
  • Mycobacterium abscessus
  • Norovirus
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Tuberculosis
  • VISA / VRSA
  • Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci
    • Resources for Patients and Providers
    • FAQs about VRE
• Preventing HAIs
  • ACA Activities
  • Guidelines and Recommendations
    • Top CDC Recommendations to Prevent HAIs
    • Sterilization / Disinfection: Medical Devices
    • Sterilization / Disinfection: Patient-Care Equipment
    • Laundry: Washing Infected Material
  • Toolkits
    • Policy Toolkit
    • Collaboration Primer
  • Long-Term Care Settings
  • Outpatient Settings
    • Basic Infection Control and Prevention Plan for Outpatient Oncology Settings
      • List of Abbreviations
      • Fundamental Principles of Infection Prevention
      • Standard Precautions - Sections A-C
      • Standard Precautions - Sections D-F
      • Transmission-Based Precautions
      • Central Venous Catheters
      • Appendices
    • Outpatient Care Guide
      • Outpatient Care Guide: Fundamental elements
      • Outpatient Care Guide: Standard Precautions
      • Outpatient Care Guide: Source Document
    • Outpatient Care Checklist
      • Outpatient Care Checklist: Personnel and Patient-care Observations
    • Outbreaks & Patient Notifications
  • Tools for Protecting Healthcare Personnel
    • PPE Training
• Map: HAI Prevention Activities
• Monitoring HAIs
  • National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)
  • Emerging Infections Program
  • NHSN National HAI Reports
    • Current NHSN "SIR" National Report
    • Background
    • Methods
    • Results
    • Discussion
    • Conclusion
    • Table 1
    • Table 2
    • Table 3
    • Table 4
    • Table 5
    • References
    • Appendix A
    • NHSN Annual Reports
  • NHSN State HAI Reports
    • New Way for State Health Departments to Access Data Reported to NHSN
    • Previous HAI Summary Data Reports
    • State-Specific Supplement to the National HAI SIR Report July-Dec 2009
  • Frequently Asked Q and A: Summary Data Reports
• Research
  • Prevention Epicenters (PE)
• Patient Safety
• Laboratory Resources
  • Multiplex Real-Time PCR Detection of KPC & NDM-1 genes
  • Quinolones and the Clinical Lab
  • VRE and the Clinical Laboratory
  • Detection of ESBLs
  • Detection of Imipenem or Meropenem-resistance in Gram-negative Organisms
  • Detection of: Oxacillin/MRSA
  • Detection of VISA/VRSA
  • Labs Role in the Search and Containment of VRSA
  • Detection of Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus species with Decreased Susceptibility
  • Lab Testing Algorithm
  • Use of an Inferred PFGE Algorith
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