Healthcare-associated Infections
- The Burden
- Types of Infections
- Diseases and Organisms
- Acinetobacter
- Burkholderia cepacia
- Clostridium difficile
- Clostridium Sordellii
- Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)
- Tracking CRE
- Patients
- Patient FAQ
- General Information
- Clinicians
- Clinician FAQ
- Facilities/Settings
- State Health Departments
- CRE Toolkit
- Introduction
- Background
- Part 1: Facility-level CRE Prevention
- Part 2: Regional CRE Prevention
- Regional Prevention Strategies
- Appendix A: Previous and Current Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute Interpretive Crieria for Carbapenems and Enterobacteriaceae
- Appendix B: General Approach to Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae(CRE) Control in Facilities that Rarely or Have Not Identified CRE
- Appendix C: Example of a Survey for Infection Preventionists
- Algorithm for Regions with No CRE Identified
- Algorithm for Regions with Few CRE Identified
- Algorithm for Regions Where CRE are Common
- Selected References
- Gram-negative Bacteria
- Hepatitis
- HIV
- Klebsiella
- MRSA
- Mycobacterium abscessus
- Norovirus
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Tuberculosis
- VISA / VRSA
- Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci
- Preventing HAIs
- Map: HAI Prevention Activities
- Monitoring HAIs
- Research
- 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
- Widgets, Buttons and Badges
Collaboration Primer:
Establishing HAI Prevention Collaboratives
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States should learn from one another and share their experiences.
For more information:
www.cdc.gov/hai/recoveryact e-mail: DHQPHAIARRA@cdc.gov
Related Material
- Preventing Healthcare-associated Infections Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity (ELC) Program [PDF - 411 KB] May 2009
- Preventing Healthcare-associated Infections Emerging Infections Program (EIP) [PDF - 406 KB] May 2009
- The Direct Medical Costs of Healthcare-associated Infections in U.S. Hospitals and the Benefits of Prevention. [PDF - 835 KB] March 2009.
- Estimating Healthcare-associated Infections and Deaths in U.S. Hospitals, 2002 [PDF - 215 KB]
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