Outbreaks and Patient Notifications
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