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    Resources for state health departments investigating healthcare-associated infection outbreaks and patient notifications

    • Interim Guidance for a Health Response to Contain Novel or Targeted Multidrug-resistant Organisms (MDROs)
    • Steps for Evaluating an Infection Control Breach
    • Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI) Outbreak Investigation Toolkit
    • Investigation and Control of Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA)  pdf icon[PDF – 300 KB]
    • Healthcare Notification and Testing Toolkit for Viral Hepatitis Outbreaks
    • CDC Patient Notification Toolkit
    • State Policy Resources
    • Frequently Asked Questions and Example Verbal Scripts to Request Assent for Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO) Screening word icon[DOC – 40 KB]
    Additional state resources to prevent HAI infections are available at the CDC State HAI prevention site
    Page last reviewed: November 13, 2015
    Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP)
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    • HAI Dataplus icon
      • Data Portalplus icon
        • Current HAI Progress Report
        • Progress Report FAQs
        • Antibiotic Resistance & Patient Safety Portal
        • Patient Safety Atlas
      • Data Archiveplus icon
        • 2018 HAI Progress Report
        • 2017 HAI Progress Report
        • 2016 HAI Progress Report
        • Data Summary: Assessing Progress 2006-2016
        • 2015 HAI Data Report
        • 2015 SIRs Using Historical Baselines
        • 2014 HAI Progress Report
        • Technical Appendix for Stop Spread of Antibiotic Resistance
    • Types of Infectionsplus icon
      • Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infectionsplus icon
        • Resources for Patients & Providers
        • FAQs about Catheters
      • Surgical Site Infectionplus icon
        • FAQs about SSIs
      • Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infectionplus icon
        • FAQs about CAUTI
      • Ventilator-associated Pneumoniaplus icon
        • FAQs about VAP
    • Diseases and Organismsplus icon
      • Acinetobacter
      • Burkholderia cepacia
      • Clostridioides difficile
      • Clostridium Sordellii
      • Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)plus icon
        • Patients
        • Clinicians
        • Healthcare Facilities
        • Public Health Departments
        • CRE Technical Information
        • Tracking CRE in the United States
      • ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae
      • Gram-negative Bacteria
      • Hepatitis
      • HIVplus icon
        • Occupationally Acquired HIV/AIDS in Healthcare Personnel
      • Klebsiella
      • MRSA
      • Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM)plus icon
        • Clinicians
        • Healthcare Facilities
        • Health Departments
        • Mycobacterium abscessus
      • Norovirus
      • Pseudomonas aeruginosaplus icon
        • Tracking Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Tuberculosis
      • VISA / VRSA
      • Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE) in Healthcare Settings
    • Preventing HAIsplus icon
      • Staph BSI Prevention Strategies
      • CDI Prevention Strategies
      • Urine Culture Stewardshipplus icon
        • Patients with Indwelling Urinary Catheterplus icon
          • Survey
          • Structure
          • Strategize
          • Sustain
        • Patients without Indwelling Urinary Catheter
      • Targeted Assessment for Prevention (TAP)plus icon
        • TAP CAUTI Implementation Guide
        • TAP CDI Implementation Guide
        • TAP CLABSI Implementation Guide
        • Infection Prevention Champions
      • Prevention Toolkitsplus icon
        • Options for Evaluating Environmental Cleaning
        • Appendices to the Conceptual Program Model for Environmental Evaluation
      • Basic Infection Control and Prevention Plan for Outpatient Oncology Settingsplus icon
        • Appendices
      • Outpatient Care Guide
      • Tools for Protecting Healthcare Personnelplus icon
        • PPE Training
      • Infection Control Assessment Tools
      • Environmental Cleaning in Resource-Limited Settingsplus icon
        • Key Definitions & Abbreviations
        • Introduction
        • Cleaning Programs
        • Environmental Cleaning Supplies and Equipment
        • Environmental Cleaning Procedures
        • Conclusion & Further Reading
        • References
        • Appendix A: Risk-assessment
        • Appendix B1: Cleaning – general areas
        • Appendix B2: Cleaning – specialized areas
        • Appendix C: Examples of high-touch surfaces
        • Appendix D: Linen and laundry management
        • Appendix E: Chlorine disinfectant preparation
      • Healthcare Environmental Infection Preventionplus icon
        • Reduce Risk from Water
        • Reduce Risk from Surfaces
        • Environmental Cleaning in Resource-Limited Settings
    • Containment Strategyplus icon
      • What Can Be Done
      • Guidelines
      • Case Studies
      • PPE in Nursing Homesplus icon
        • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
    • State-based HAI Prevention Activitiesplus icon
      • Success Stories
      • State HAI Plans
      • States with HAI Reporting Mandates
      • Strengthening Partner Networksplus icon
        • Success Framework
        • Appendices
        • Glossary
      • HAI/AR Accreditation Crosswalkplus icon
        • Acronyms
        • Domain 1: Assess
        • Domain 2: Investigate
        • Domain 3: Inform and Educate
        • Domain 4: Community Engagement
        • Domain 5: Policies and Plans
        • Domain 6: Public Health Laws
        • Domain 7: Access to Care
        • Domain 8: Workforce
        • Domain 9: Quality Improvement
        • Domain 10: Evidence-based Practices
        • Domain 11: Administration and Management
        • Domain 12: Governance
      • CDC Resources for Statesplus icon
        • Data Use Agreement (DUA) Announcement
        • DUA FAQs for Health Departments and Facilities
        • ELC HAI/AR Program Funded Activities
        • Grantee Meeting Presentations
        • State Policy Resources
    • Researchplus icon
      • CDC Supported Projects
      • Prevention Epicenters (PE)
      • Healthcare Safety Research (SHEPheRD)plus icon
        • Current Shepherd Webinars
      • Environmental Hygiene in Healthcare
      • Modeling Infectious Diseases in Healthcare Network (MInD – Healthcare)
    • Patient Safetyplus icon
      • Antibiotic Resistant Germs in Hospitals
    • Outpatient Settings
    • Laboratory Resourcesplus icon
      • Reference AST Data
      • Multiplex Real-Time PCR Detection of KPC & NDM-1 genes
      • Quinolones and the Clinical Lab
      • VRE and the Clinical Laboratory
      • Detection of Imipenem or Meropenem-resistance in Gram-negative Organisms
      • Detection of: Oxacillin/MRSA
      • Detection of VISA/VRSAplus icon
        • S.E.A.R.C.H.
      • Labs Role in the Search and Containment of VRSA
      • Detection of Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus species with Decreased Susceptibility
      • VISA/VRSA Lab Testing Algorithm
      • Use of an Inferred PFGE Algorithm
      • Inferred Identification of Pulsed Field Types based on MLST clonal complex
    • Outbreak and Patient Notificationsplus icon
      • B. cepacia – Saline Flush
      • Contaminated Heater-Cooler Devices
      • B. cepacia – Docusate
      • CDC Statement LA CRE
      • Stem Cell and Exosome Products
      • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
      • Multistate Meningitis Outbreakplus icon
        • Meningitis Case Counts
        • Meningitis State Facilities Map
        • Resources for Clinicians
        • Resources for Patients
        • Resources for Laboratories
        • Infographic
        • Microscopic Gallery of Pathologic Results
      • Outbreaks in Outpatient Settingsplus icon
        • 2007-2009 (Archived)
      • Outbreak Resources for State Health Departmentsplus icon
        • Evaluating an Infection Control Breach
        • Outbreak Toolkit
    • CDC HAI Commentaries
    • Digital Press Kitsplus icon
      • Get Smart About Antibiotics Week 2015
      • Nearly half a million Americans suffer from C. difficile infections in single year
      • MRSA study: simple steps slash deadly infections in sickest hospital patients
      • CDC Modeling Predicts Growth of Drug-resistant Infections and C. difficile
      • Lethal, Drug-resistant Bacteria Spreading in U.S. Healthcare Facilities
      • Hospital Infections: Some Progress, but More Work Needed
      • Flow Restrictors May Help Prevent Medication Poisonings in Young Children
      • The Impact of Unsafe Injection Practices in U.S. Healthcare Settings

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