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NACCHO Comments on CMS Proposed Rule for Long-Term Care Facilities
On July 16, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) invited the public to comment on a proposed rule reforming...
Nov 09, 2015 | Sara Chang
Court Ordered TB Treatment in Seattle & King County
On October 23, King County Superior Court in Washington issued an order for home detention and treatment of a potentially contagious...
Nov 02, 2015 | Christina Baum
New Professional Development Opportunities for Local Health Department Staff in...
By Christina Baum, Program Analyst, Infectious Disease, NACCHO and Sara Chang, Program Analyst, Infectious Disease, NACCHO...
Oct 20, 2015 | Sara Chang
Lessons for Local Health Departments from the International Conference on Emerging...
The International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID) was held in Atlanta at the end of August and Jackie Lawler, an...
Oct 13, 2015 | Christina Baum
NACCHO Executive Director Declares It’s Time for a Counterattack on...
In his op-ed in The Hill, NACCHO’s Executive Director Dr. Hasbrouck urges swifter action in fighting antibiotic resistance....
Aug 24, 2015 | Firdaus Arastu
NARMS Now: Human Data
The CDC has introduced a new tool that uses data from the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) and allows users...
Aug 20, 2015 | Christina Baum
NACCHO Weighs in on the Immediate Steps to Fight Super Bugs
NACCHO’s Executive Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck provided a local perspective about the challenges of fighting super bugs and steps to...
Aug 04, 2015 | Alyson Jordan
New CDC Vital Signs Report Shares How to Make Healthcare Safer by Stopping the...
On August 4, CDC released a new Vital Signs report highlighting how to stop the spread of antibiotic resistance. The report includes...
Aug 04, 2015 | Alyson Jordan
NACCHO Comments on CMS Proposed Rule for Long-Term Care FacilitiesOn July 16, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) invited the public to comment on a proposed rule reforming requirements for long-term care facilities participating in CMS programs. The proposed rule is intended to update requirements–which have not been comprehensively updated since 1991–to reflect industry advancements, improve the quality and safety of healthcare […] Nov 09, 2015 | Sara Chang |
Court Ordered TB Treatment in Seattle & King CountyOn October 23, King County Superior Court in Washington issued an order for home detention and treatment of a potentially contagious individual infected with tuberculosis (TB). TB is treatable with antibiotics, although the treatment generally lasts for months and may start with an isolation period to prevent the spread of the disease, which can be threatening […] Nov 02, 2015 | Christina Baum |
New Professional Development Opportunities for Local Health Department Staff in Infection Prevention and ControlBy Christina Baum, Program Analyst, Infectious Disease, NACCHO and Sara Chang, Program Analyst, Infectious Disease, NACCHO International Infection Prevention Week (IIPW), October 18-24, 2015, comes at an ideal time to highlight the importance of training and certification in addressing emerging infectious diseases, such as Ebola and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). Such professional... Oct 20, 2015 | Sara Chang |
Lessons for Local Health Departments from the International Conference on Emerging Infectious DiseasesThe International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID) was held in Atlanta at the end of August and Jackie Lawler, an epidemiologist at the Orange County Health Department in New York and a member of NACCHO’s Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Workgroup, attended as the NACCHO partner representative on the ICEID 2015 Scientific Program Committee. […] Oct 13, 2015 | Christina Baum |
NACCHO Executive Director Declares It’s Time for a Counterattack on Antibiotic-Resistance BacteriaIn his op-ed in The Hill, NACCHO’s Executive Director Dr. Hasbrouck urges swifter action in fighting antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria, known as “superbugs,” cause an estimated 2 million illnesses and claim 23,000 lives each year in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released a plan to fight these superbugs on August 4, […] Aug 24, 2015 | Firdaus Arastu |
NARMS Now: Human DataThe CDC has introduced a new tool that uses data from the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) and allows users to display information filtered by bacterial serotype, antibiotic, year, and state. This tool makes it easier to see how resistance has changed over time and by region and the results can be displayed as […] Aug 20, 2015 | Christina Baum |
NACCHO Weighs in on the Immediate Steps to Fight Super BugsNACCHO’s Executive Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck provided a local perspective about the challenges of fighting super bugs and steps to take to fight back in an August 4 article in USA Today. The article examines a new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showing that the United States could save […] Aug 04, 2015 | Alyson Jordan |
New CDC Vital Signs Report Shares How to Make Healthcare Safer by Stopping the Spread of Antibiotic ResistanceOn August 4, CDC released a new Vital Signs report highlighting how to stop the spread of antibiotic resistance. The report includes modeling that predicts increases in drug-resistant infections and Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) without immediate, nationwide improvements in infection control and antibiotic prescribing. Antibiotic-resistant germs, those that no longer respond to the drugs... Aug 04, 2015 | Alyson Jordan |
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