CDC Resources for States

• Epidemiology and Lab Capacity (ELC)
• Emerging Infections Program (EIP)

• ASTHO/CDC HAI Communication Tools for Health Departmentsexternal icon
• ELC SharePoint Site
• Medscape Commentaryexternal icon
• Patient Safety
• Clinician Outreach & Communications Activity

• Interim guidance for a public health response to contain novel or targeted MDROs pdf icon[PDF – 10 pages]
• Steps for Evaluating an Infection Control Breach
• Outbreak Toolkit
• How to Respond to New Forms of Antibiotic Resistance pdf icon[PDF – 526 KB]

• Toolkits & Slidesets
• TAP
• ARIE Guidance pdf icon[PDF – 24 pages]

• HAI Policy Toolkit
• HAI Progress Report Summary
• Patient Safety Atlas

• Points of Contact

• NHSN Homepage
• Data Use Agreement FAQ
• Data Use Agreement Template
• Options for NHSN data access by health departments (HDs)

The presentations are from the three-day HAI Train-The-Trainer program, which was presented in all ten regions of the United States, and are posted in the order of the actual training.

Day 1

1. Welcome & Introductions (Day 1a)
2. Foundations of Infection Prevention (Day 1b)
3. Epidemiology & Surveillance (Day 1c)
4. Outbreak Investigation (Day 1d)
5. Problem Session: Outbreak Investigation (Day 1e)
6. Role of the Environment (Day 1f)
7. Special Topics in Environmental Control (Day 1g)

Day 2

1. Preventing CLABSI (Day 2a)
2. Preventing CAUTI (Day 2b)
3. Practical Issues in infection control in device-related HAIs (Day 2c)
4. Preventing SSI (Day 2d)
5. Preventing VAP (Day 2e)
6. Practical Issues in Prevention and Control of SSI & VAP (Day 2f)

Day 3

1. Antimicrobial Stewardship (Day 3a)
2. Gram-Positive Organisms (Day 3b)
3. MDRO Prevention and Control (Day 3c)
4. Preventing CDI (Day 3d)
5. Problem session: CDI (Day 3e)
6. Adapting Recommendations to non-Acute Care Settings (Day 3f)

• Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support
• Grantee Meeting
• CDC Guidelines